[molly45]

I am trying to instal a semi-flush ceiling light and the wires that are coming out of the ceiling wiring box are black, white, copper, and a red. All instuctions say white to white, black to black and green to the copper house wire. How to I wire this ceiling light? I also have a double switch.
Thank you

[hkstroud]

the ceiling wiring box are black, white, copper, and a red

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If that is all the wires in the ceiling box and you have two switches and this is a light only;

White to white, black to black, green to copper and cap the red with a wire nut.

[molly45]

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If that is all the wires in the ceiling box and you have two switches and this is a light only;

White to white, black to black, green to copper and cap the red with a wire nut.

There is no green wire. Just Black, White, Red and Copper. Yes I have a double toggle light switch.

[molly45]

There is no green wire. Just Black, White, Red and Copper. Yes I have a double toggle light switch.

The red wire is connected to the light switch.
I have have all the wires connected but the light will not turn off. The directions to light are as follows:
White to white
Black to black
Bare or green (from grounded wire from supplier) to bare copper wire (from fixture grounded wire)
I connected the white to the white, black to the black, and the red to the copper wire from the grounded fixture wire.
Should I have connected the copper wire from the ceiling to the copper wire from the fixture?

[hkstroud]

Do not connect the red to any thing.

You have two switches. The power goes to both switches. From one switch the black takes power to the ceiling. From the other switch the red wire takes power to the ceiling.
That is so you can have one switch for a fan and the other for a light.

You said you have a green from the light and a bare from the house. Connect those together. If you have a bare wire from the light, connect that to the bare wire from the house. Do not connect anything other than bare or green wires to the bare wire from the house.

Cap the red wire with a wire nut just in case some one turns the other switch on.

[molly45]

Do not connect the red to any thing.

You have two switches. The power goes to both switches. From one switch the black takes power to the ceiling. From the other switch the red wire takes power to the ceiling.
That is so you can have one switch for a fan and the other for a light.

You said you have a green from the light and a bare from the house. Connect those together. If you have a bare wire from the light, connect that to the bare wire from the house. Do not connect anything other than bare or green wires to the bare wire from the house.

Cap the red wire with a wire nut just in case some one turns the other switch on.

Thank you but, I DO NOT have a green wire, I only have a white, black, red, and a bare hard copper colored wire.

[molly45]

Thank you but, I DO NOT have a green wire, I only have a white, black, red, and a bare hard copper colored wire

[stanfortyman]

Thank you but, I DO NOT have a green wire, I only have a white, black, red, and a bare hard copper colored wire

You need to read what HK wrote!

You said you have a green from the light and a bare from the house. Connect those together. If you have a bare wire from the light, connect that to the bare wire from the house. Do not connect anything other than bare or green wires to the bare wire from the house.