Thursday, January 26, 2012

What is the green/yellow striped wire on a motion light?

My girlfriend bought a motion light fixture and It's not the normal U.S. 2 wire fixture. Do I need to install a 3 way switch for this fixture?

The house only has single black and white wires, no red, green, yellow.



Usually yellow is hot and green is ground but what is this wire?What is the green/yellow striped wire on a motion light?It is the ground wire. It should not be connected to anything but the ground.

Ground is another green wire or a bare copper wire or the metal case of the box if connected to a grounded metal conduit. If your house wiring is old, you may have an ungrounded system. Tape off the green/yellow wire and don't connect to anything if you don't have a ground.

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