So there is only 1 cable going to the old light controlled by the switch (black and white + bare ground). You just need to go back to using that for the light(s) and add a plug for the opener getting the power from some other source. BTW, usually the white is neutral and all other colors except green or bare are hots either constant or switched. Anything is possible, however. You never know what the other guy did. Get a touch tester that you just touch to 1 wire (through the insulation) to see if it is hot. Some call it a glow stick.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "jmr1290" <jomarex@...> wrote:
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> - and it's just 14-2 with ground - black, white, and bare ground - that's supplying everything.
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> --- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "jmr1290" <jomarex@> wrote:
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> > The PO added a garage door opener (supposed to be grounded) by plugging it into an un-grounded adapter screwed into the original simple ceramic fixture for a regular bulb.
> >
> > I do want the g. d. opener to be switched, so I can leave the door cracked open at the bottom, and not have somebody come up and push the outside button and open the garage door all the way.
> >
> > I was going to put a grounded switch to a grounded outlet in the ceiling, to plug the g-d-opener into. And add a switch just for plain lights for the garage ceiling.
> >
> > --- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "wired" <wiredformen@> wrote:
> > >
> > > It sounds like you are using the original light switch for power to the opener (added after the house was built). You may have a red, black, and white wire cable from the switch to the opener, then a black and white wire cable from the opener to the other plugs. If so, put the opener on the black and white wires and then add a light to the red and white wires. The opener needs to be hot at all times.
> > > If this scenario isn't your situation, inform us of what color wires are in each box.
> > >
> > > --- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Joy Rex <jomarex@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The two books I'm looking at don't seem to cover this exact situation.
> > > >
> > > > I have a switch going to the garage door opener, and then the power
> > > > continues on to some always-hot outlets in other rooms. Is there any
> > > > reason I couldn't add another switch just for lights in the garage?
> > > > Just add another set of black pigtails for the other switch and add
> > > > the white wire to the rest of them? That's a lot of wires, but I got
> > > > a big double box.
> > > >
> > > > I hope that makes sense...
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > > Joy
> > > >
> > >
> >
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