I need help changing a light switch?

i need to know if i can connect the white wire to the light switch and if so at the top or the bottom


|||Maybe. The easiest is to call a qualified professional electrician to do the work.


Meanwhile what wires do you have in the switch box?


If it is only a black and a white and the ground, then the white should have a piece of black or red tape put on it and it should be connected to the switch on the top, and the black on the bottom. If there are other wires in the box, they need to be described to us. |||No. it should be the black wire, with the hot wire going to the bottom contact. Connecting the white wire to a switch creates a dangerous situation when even just changing a bulb. Go to this site and click on the link corresponding to your particular switch/light arrangement for more info and a diagram:|||The white wire is the neutral, you only want the black wire (hot) to be switched. Just connect the white wires together, and only tie the black ones to the switch.|||Rather than putting yourself %26amp; family at risk I would be getting an electrician in to replace it.Get a few quotes %26amp; let them know you already have a new switch.That way you only pay for the labour.|||It depends how your home was wired. If there is only one pair of wires in the switch box a black and white then yes connect both to the switch it doesn%26#039;t matter which goes on top or bottom.


If there is more than one pair then it%26#039;s more complicated, and may require an electrician. or someone who can figure out which wire goes where and hot and neutral.|||If there is only one set of wires going to the light switch, the black wire is the hot and the white wire is the %26quot;switch leg%26quot; that is going to the light. It doesn%26#039;t matter which end of the switch it is terminated on, but I always put the black on the bottom and the switch leg on the top of the switch. If there are more than one set of wires in the box then it will take some tracing and w/o being there it%26#039;s hard to diagnose