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How old is that thing?I can't tell much from looking at the switch, the light would be more important.IF the light is nothing special, or not part of a shared connection, it probably doesn't matter.
Verify the light is up to code and wired normally, 110 volts, etc, if so just install the switch you like.Oh, and the wiring in the house wouldn't have cloth wrapping around it, would it?
QuoteHow old is that thing?I can't tell much from looking at the switch, the light would be more important.IF the light is nothing special, or not part of a shared connection, it probably doesn't matter.Its older than freekin' dirt. It was just a standard glass ball lamp on the side of the wall. What you see is what the bulb screwed into. My little notes show which colored wire was screwed in where. QuoteVerify the light is up to code and wired normally, 110 volts, etc, if so just install the switch you like.Oh, and the wiring in the house wouldn't have cloth wrapping around it, would it?No cloth. Blue and White were regular rubber shielding, and the copper wire had NO covering.
Its older than freekin' dirt. It was just a standard glass ball lamp on the side of the wall. What you see is what the bulb screwed into. My little notes show which colored wire was screwed in where. No cloth. Blue and White were regular rubber shielding, and the copper wire had NO covering.
Oh so the pic is the Edison base the bulb screws into, not the switch?
Two switches controlling one light possibly?
I really don't know, unless it was some kind of early idea for grounding.
I'd just replace it and the switch, they are dirt cheap anyway.
OK, I just reread your original post, apparently they installed a ground on the socket back then.Todays Edison socket doesn't have a ground attached to the socket, but rather the housing of the light.If it helps, the center bottom of the female socket, is the hot lead, the wall is the neutral/ground.The bare wire is the main ground.As to installing a new light, check the polarity of the circuit first before installing, just a precaution.Make sure hot is hot, and not reversed, it does happen in older homes, because the light bulb worked regardless.Todays CFL compact fluorescent are polarity sensitive and either won't work, draw too much power, catch fire.A cheap volt meter will do, about twelve bucks.
Okay. So I'll hook up the white wire as the negative and the blue wire as the positive. But what should I do with the copper one? Maybe roll it up in a ball and seal it with a big gobb of electrical tape?
Hope that helped.
