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Summary: Learn how to wire a light switch in this free online do it yourself home improvement video on basic electrical work.
Danny Herb is a professional electrician in the Los Angeles area who works in both residential and commercial fields.read more
"Okay now we're going to take it off and replace it with a new one. So I get my 10 in 1 again, it's real easy take that off. But you just got to be careful with not breaking them, breaking the wire if they're old and crusty. Lots of times they'll snap and they'll just break off. So you have to be careful with them and you want to make sure that they're not touching each other cause they can arch. Even though the power is off and you doubled check and you made sure you still always want to treat it like it's hot just for precautionary reasons. When you're putting on your screw you always want to make sure that it's going with the way you turn it. Or you want to put it on like this because when I turn it it's going to turn into the bend when tightening up."
eHow Article: How to Wire a Light Switch
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jesterdude said
on 4/14/2009 i'm having a hard time seeing which wire is black which is white. one has to be the neutral one, right? is it the bottom wire?