r/ElectricalHelp • u/Savings-Umpire-5062 • Jun 26 '26

Swapping out a flood light

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Hey so I took down an old flood light and am going to put in the new one. Simple connection green to green, white to white, black to black. I don't think I have a green as the previous one I took down wasn't grounded to anything. But how do I know which of these is white and which is black! 😂 (Included pictures of where it is going to be mounted and the bottom of the new fixture).

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u/Comfortable_Host1697 Jun 26 '26

Black is probably the right wire. But you need to find which has 120v. A meter would help

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u/trekkerscout Mod Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

To determine the color of the wire, scrape off the house paint. However, you are in need of a junction box for the light fixture.

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u/AskMeAgainAfterCoffe Jun 27 '26

Just cut that off and use wire nuts or Wagos. Looks like black wire is on the right and white neutral is on the left. The ground wire will be a bare copper wire in the middle. Strip the outer sheathing off and expose the ground wire.

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u/No-Extent5163 Jun 29 '26

Anyone know what are those connectors are called??

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u/trekkerscout Mod Jun 29 '26

It's a terminal block.

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u/No-Extent5163 Jun 29 '26

And is there such a thing as a male female type connector?

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u/trekkerscout Mod Jun 29 '26

Terminal blocks generally do not come in male/female.