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I have not removed the old light fixture and replaced it yet because I was not sure what to do with the extra wire. Before I started "experimenting" I wanted to get some advice from people on this forum who are much more knowledgable than me. Would the best thing to do be to just hook up the...

The light switch currently only controls the one light I am replacing (switch is remaining only the light fixture is being changed). I bought the house 10 months ago so do not know if it previously controlled two lights. The previous owner did nothing to the house. However the person he...

The light I am replacing has a place for attaching all four wires (it is your basic simple white fixing with a small round box that attaches to the ceiling, a wire that hangs down about 15cm, and then the socket for the bulb.)

Hello I am replacing my dining room light which is controlled by a single switch. Upon starting to remove the old light I noticed that the wiring coming out of the ceiling was for a two switch (i.e. 4 wires: red, yellow, blue and green/yellow). The light I bought has a place to attach three...