How doI wire a ceiling chain light to wall switch? I want to stop using the chain to turn the light on and off. I hane already installed the wall switch and the wiring in the box but not sure how to connect the wiring in the box to the ceiling light wiring.
Basically, yes. The wiring you placed is caused a switch loop. if you connect the black feeder wire to the white of the switch, and the switch is turned on, then the black wire of the switch loop will be hot. Connect this to one side of the light fixture and the white of the feeder to the other side.
I want to ask the same question as the person above.
Black wires (hot) to the switch, white wires (neutral) and ground connected with wire nut. Should have a hot, a neutral and a ground on your light fixture, black is hot.
intreped said it well but i want to know how did you run the wire through the wall switch . hopefully you ran it direct with the switch breaking the hot wire . so you will have one black and one white wire . before you hook it up use a lamp to make sure you have the right wires . and you don't have to worry about polarity the fan has forward and reverse and the light buld dos not care.
Before you do anything, turn off the power. Sometimes people will wire up switches hot, but they know what to touch and what not to touch. You should not take that risk. There will be two power cables coming into the box, one from the power source and the other to the ceiling light. Each cable has a black wire, a white wire, and a bare copper wire. Connect all the white wires together with a wire nut. Connect all the bare wires and an extra piece of bare wire together with another wire nut. Connect the extra piece of bare wire to the green screw terminal on the switch. Connect the black wire from the power source to one brass screw terminal on the switch. It doesn't matter which one you use. Connect the black wire from the ceiling light to the other brass screw terminal on the switch. Don't screw the switch into its box yet. Turn the power back on. Test the switch, being careful not to touch any wires while doing so. After it works, turn the power off again and screw the switch into t
