ExpertNoob
Automotive
- Dec 3, 2018
- 15
Hello all, I've decided to add some recessed ceiling lighting to my living room. Since my living room light switch is currently wired to energize an outlet (house built in the 60s) I will be adding the new lights to the 20A breaker circuit that only has a single front porch light on it. My front porch light was wired with the hot wire straight to the light fixture and the neutral wire through the light switch. I've disconnected the wires from the light fixture and light switch. These disconnected wires read 0v to ground and neutral. However, if I touch one lead to 120v and the other to either disconnected wire it reads about 100v. Neither wire has continuity to ground or to each other, even on the 200M Ohm scale. I don't understand why this is happening and I obviously don't want to use this circuit if it has a short. Any ideas?