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I have a wiring problem with an overhead hallway light. This is what I am seeing.
> Two black wires connected together, or no power.
> One red wire.
> Two white wires previously connected together, but I changed that (explain later)
Now, when the light used to be connected...the two black wires were doing nothing but holding hands. The white wires were connected together and a runner from that connection led out to be used as one of the light fixture connections. The single red wire was the other light fixture connection. Now, I havee successfully created light by disconnecting the two white wires, and finding the "hot" one, and using that one as the fixture connection along with the red one. The other white one has been wrapped in electric tape and pushed aside. The black ones are still holding together.
Now the question>>>What was the use of the secondary white wire being interlocked in the previous connection? Have I created a potential fire hazard?
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