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Answer by Justin C for How to connect up a new light fixture

It could also be that the red is smoke/fire alarm. What I'd do is get a stick tester (or voltage tester if you know what you're doing), then turn off the light switch. Check the black and red wires...

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Answer by Ecnerwal for How to connect up a new light fixture

Based on your comments, and normal practices, black to black (brown?), white to "aged white" that you call tan, and ground to green. The old fixture may well have lacked a grounding wire.Many people...

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How to connect up a new light fixture

I'm trying to install a new light fixture (I'm based in Canada in case that matters) and I am having some trouble figuring out which wires to connect to which.The existing outlet has (see picture...

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