tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559807675277874711.post2249995584274352695..comments2011-07-07T10:30:26.156-04:00Generation 3 Electric in Philadelphiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08061154877267168140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559807675277874711.post-54430113556833237972011-07-07T10:30:26.156-04:002011-07-07T10:30:26.156-04:00@Anonymous,<br /><br />You do make some good points. The advice here is just general advice and is only meant to answer the most common scenarios.<br />I all way recommend that homeowners contact a qualified electrician before they get in over their head.Oggi Sparkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03294980059053644586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559807675277874711.post-6247048412274664502010-08-19T10:46:34.966-04:002010-08-19T10:46:34.966-04:00Hi, as an electrician, I&#39;m afraid I have to take issue with this answer. First of all, you don&#39;t know that there&#39;s only one circuit going into that box. If there&#39;s more than one, you&#39;ve just instructed a homeowner to tie two circuits together, and not just the neutrals, but also the hots, which will pop their breakers (and hopefully only do that). <br /><br />Probably you only have one circuit with one incoming hot, but then you probably also have one outgoing hot to the light on the wall which sounds like it is not controlled by the switch, but by its own switch. You can&#39;t even be certain about that though, since it wasn&#39;t specified whether that light switch also controls that switch.<br /><br />I&#39;m all for people learning new things and taking care of their homes, but this advice is too simple for the situation. You might get lucky and it might work just as you said, but having seen so many houses wired so many different ways, the chances of that are not especially great. A newer house is probably wired as you described, and older house, probably not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com