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Old 06-04-2009, 07:40 AM
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Re: Reverse Polarity and Funny Reading from my Voltage Sniffer
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Originally Posted by Wayne Carlisle View Post
Seen it happen a bunch were somebody tries to save a wire and uses the black for the hot going to the switch with the white also tied into the switch to run back to the light.
Nothing wrong with using that type of cable as a switch leg per code, *other than the white is supposed to go to the switch and the black comes back to the lighting outlet as the hot* (easy fix, which them at the ceiling light).
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