lakngulf
Veteran Member
When wiring a light and switch I have always run the hot to the switch and then to the light fixture. On a current project of lighting a storage area, I could use a lot less wire if I brought the hot thru the lights first. I want to have four light fixtures off one switch...nothing fancy.
Will this work if I cut and attach the white at each light, and let the black run continuous to the switch? Then both white and black attach to the switch?
Seems simple enough but I googled the concept and the first find hooked a hot black to the light, and the white from the switch to the side of the light. Then the other black and white were wired together. And the white was marked black, and attached to the switch on bottom, where I would have assumed black would be connected.
Help!
Will this work if I cut and attach the white at each light, and let the black run continuous to the switch? Then both white and black attach to the switch?
Seems simple enough but I googled the concept and the first find hooked a hot black to the light, and the white from the switch to the side of the light. Then the other black and white were wired together. And the white was marked black, and attached to the switch on bottom, where I would have assumed black would be connected.
Help!