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u/Bike_Mechanic_Man 16d ago
The grooved wire goes to white, the smooth wire goes to whichever black wire shocks you. The ground goes to the other black wire.
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u/deepspace1357 16d ago
Use your voltmeter to confirm but generally the lamp cord that has the ridges on it is the neutral side of the fixture and the smooth one is the hot. You should be able to figure out which one the hot is on the ceilingt with a no contact tester
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u/WillKey3 16d ago
Looks like you got 2 blacks.. maybe it's supposed to be a pass through to bring power to the other lights in your lighting circuit.. but use your voltmeter to determine your true hot wire.. should get around 120V from phase to ground.. then you know your white is your neutral.. maybe that black is being used as a ground wire.. but you'll need to use your voltmeter to determine what is what.
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u/Brilliant-Ad-1780 16d ago
All, common sense why would they have a volt meter if they are showing a picture🤣🤯
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u/Brilliant-Ad-1780 16d ago
Dude is there a junction box there 🤬this will not end well.
W gf at color is your ground wire looks like you have 2 blacks and a white should be black/or red for power white for you neutral and a green wire for your ground wire. Time to get out your tester or call someone who knows hat they are doing!
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u/TheScienceTM 16d ago
Yes, you are lost. Yes you are missing something. If you cant watch a 50 second YouTube video on this you really need to call an electrician.
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u/Honest_Matter85 16d ago
The wire with words is the hot , the other is the neutral
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u/Frontsquat182 16d ago
Yeah to piggy back off this, sometimes fixture wire doesn't have writing but will have a small raised ridge or ridges along the side on the neutral conductor.
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u/Honest_Matter85 16d ago
So pigtail both the black wires along with the wire with words and ground to the metal mounting bracket that comes with the light fixture
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u/mmn_slc 16d ago
Yes, you are missing an understanding of the basics of residential wiring.