Red And White Wire Positive Or Negative

White is neutral in home wiring.

Red and white wire positive or negative. There will be ribs lines dashes or some form of clear marking. Identify the black positive wire on a ceiling light fixture. The other wire is negative and can go to the negative terminal of the battery or otherwise grounded to anything metal on the car. That wire is your positive.

Red is sometimes used in 3 way switches and dimmer applications so it is likely red is hot in your application if it pertains to home wiring. Lastly there are three wire systems that feature a center tap wire which is colored white. However most speaker wires don t do colors. Although red usually denotes a positive circuit there is nothing about the wire itself that makes it positive or negative.

For a two wire system with a positive ground the positive wire is white and the negative wire is black. The term positive. For a two wire system with a negative ground the positive wire is red and the negative wire is white. Typically the positive wire is red and the ground or negative is black.

When you re hanging a chandelier or any other ceiling light first find the 3 wires coming out of the hole in the ceiling where the light will go. Good news is with speakers it doesn t really matter which one you choose as your positive and which as your negative just so long as you are consistent.