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Summary: Connect the black wire to the brass wire. Learn how to fixate wires to a light fixture from a professional handyman in this home improvement video.
Mark Sullivan has been a handyman for over twenty years. He has professionally worked on several projects, including all facets of commercial, apartment, and office building...read more
"So the white one, these are color coded, you'll notice that there's one which is white and one which is brass. The electrical schools often teach this little thing that you need to know, "Black to Brass to Save Your Ass". So that's what they teach you, I didn't make that up. So black to brass to save your ass, so that you will always have your neutral line to the white one. So I'm going to go ahead and put the black wire onto the brass, I didn't make that up y'all, just wanted to let you know. Now the neutral wire, now what I want to do is test this. I'm testing it right now by touching these two wires together to ensure that the power is indeed off and if I touch it I won't get electrocuted, I won't get shocked on camera. So now we're going to screw the white wire in place. Generally I put them about five to seven pounds of torque. Since we don't have a ground, I'm just going to screw that grounding wire in place. "
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