wiring a switch to a fluorescent light
Instructions. Turn off the power at the breaker box. Run the hot wire (black) from your power line to the wall switch. Connect this to the switch on the lower terminal (off) of the switch.Take another appropriate length of wire, connect it to the top switch terminal (on) and run the other end of this wire to the fluorescent light ballast.Run the neutral (white) and ground (green) wires from the power line directly to the fluorescent light fixture.urn off the power at the breaker box. Run the hot wire (black) from your power line to the wall switch. Connect this to the switch on the lower terminal (off) of the switch.