Did the previous electrician mess up your lights while changing the switches from ivory to white?
Asked by Elijah Hale 
1 month ago
Last Updated: October 21, 2024
So, get this – a customer calls me up and says he needs my help fixing some lights that just aren’t cooperating. And get this, he actually already paid someone to switch out all the switches from ivory to white. Can you believe that? *facepalm*
That should get the job done.
How about some cheese and crackers to go with that whine? Haha
Reat job!
Lort
Becky Tom Nope
No wonder it’s not working! You need to wrap the red wire around the ground screw in a clockwise direction!
Found something amusing
I don’t believe that would prevent it from functioning properly
Do you have any thoughts on this?
Was surprised to see the red ground wire placed on the floor instead of being left floating in the air like usual
Haha, I’ve witnessed that a couple of times!
Wow, this ground terminal is awesome!😁😁
He ought to ask for his money back. That’s not white, it’s almond.
Was this one left unchanged by any chance?!?!?
Job stability
The color red is the best 😂
Any screw will work, just pick one.
Cool….
Phew
It seems like a three-way switch instead of a single one.
Luckily, he didn’t have to call the fire department
Just a bunch of old gals on this site, right?
Did you hear that red is the new green?
220, 221. I’ll do whatever it takes. Red is the new green.
How is it new when it was 45 years ago? ood luck with red today. I don’t think they used a 2023 code book. Does anyone know why they didn’t use that code book?
That individual wasn’t an electrician.
Encountered that situation a couple of times
I’ve come across a ton of those in white, black, and red.
That’s the universal rule: red equals ground.
An AC cable can serve as a proper grounding source.
That period from 1976 to 1980 was pretty big, well, close enough.
To tighten the ground, turn the screw clockwise; to loosen it, turn it counterclockwise.
Well, you know, we can’t really fix stupid, but we gotta figure out how to fix the results of stupid actions, am I right?
Et your glove and get in the game, it’s been 45 years. Let’s go, ladies!
Is that really a new switch? Maybe it’s new to them, but it looks like it was taken from another house and sold to someone else.
I have no doubt that they received exactly what they paid for!
Oh, so this was after he attempted to handle it on his own
I’m not so sure about job security when you see the code from work that was done 45 years ago. Dang, guys really need to grow up.
I bet most of you haven’t had experience with ac cable before
He combined the 3 methods together
Love the 3-way switch! 😂🤦
I thought this website would be educational for everyone to learn from each other. Everyone should know today’s code, but applying it to work from decades ago? Come on, man up. I’m not impressed that anyone here knows today’s code. That’s what you get paid to know. When you see old stuff, be impressed that it’s still working. Seriously
I’ve come across this situation a few times now. A customer was convinced that they had the right switch, but I pointed out that if it was actually correct, they wouldn’t need my help! People seem to think that just because a switch has three screws, it must be the right one. One person even called me saying that the box was making a buzzing sound like bees, and sure enough, it was.
Hey there ladies, sleep well!
Simply wrapped the red wire with green tape 😂😂😂
Surprising
OM! I’m speechless with how dumb this is.
I’m shocked that in the 21st century, the USA still uses such crappy switches and outlets.
Oh my goodness💩💩💩💩
Oops….my bad
Terminated
Personally, I would just attach a green ground wire, it doesn’t take that much longer. However, I thought the discussion was about the switch not working, not the color of the ground wire.
It’s possible that the person who did it checked out a similar method and got the idea from there! 😄😄😄
Well no wonder it’s not functioning, a skilled electrician would place the ground on the bottom left side 😆
The previous electrician happened to be color blind, just a heads up.
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Should this man be compensated for his actions?