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I am wiring a light to my ceiling and both wires on the new light are black. There is also a copper ground. Does it matter which black wire is connected to what?

On ordinary light fixtures, the metal ring which you screw the light bulb into should be connected to neutral (white in America, blue internationally.) The “hot” wire (black, red, or brown) should be the switched conductor and is exposed only on the little metal tab at the bottom of this bulb socket, thus making it so much more unlikely to ever be accidentally touched (thus shocking a person.) And, of course, the ground wire (green or bare) is to drain away any voltage from the rest of the metal parts of the light fixture in case they ever become energized from the insulation of either of the other leads becoming frayed or some other failure.Of course, if socket for the bulb is not this old type, and the fixture is double insulated, then it does not matter which way the electricity flows through the bulb (it changes direction 100-120 times a second anyhow.) Assuming this is the case, yeah, it does not matter which you connect to hot and neutral.

Is there a bathroom ceiling fan and light that doesn’t exhaust?

A bathroom fan that doesn’t exhaust? I may be confused by the question, but I think the answer is “a light”.It’s not a great idea. That daily humidity burst without being exhausted will cause issues over time, such as corrosion, perhaps mildew, and depending upon construction, perhaps even rot. There are a bunch of ways to configure an exhaust fan including directly through a wall as well as through joists from the ceiling to the outside wall, but none at all isn’t particularly desirable, and it may not be code in some jurisdictions (if you don’t have a fan you must have an operable window in many places).Nevermind the thought that the emanations from uncle Boris after an evening of burritos should really, really, not be exposed to the rest of the occupants when he has a sudden urge.

We lost the remote to a ceiling fan. The light and fan turns off with a light switch but the fan remains on even when I want the light only. This fan doesn’t have a chain cord. Can I buy a replacement remote?

In my opinion, there are lines, one for the and another for the fan that are tied together at the switch on the wall..The two lines can be separated apart to enable them to be switched independently.. Which means you will need a second switch…. If there is no available space on the wall, you can buy the 2-switch that are ganged together to fit and replace the old single switch that you now use..It is a simple task but dangerous especially if you don’t know anything about electrical power… Safety first, therefore you may have to hire a knowledgeable electrician to implement the above described modification..The simplest thing to do is to get a replacement for the remote…. if it is still available?Good luck.

Why don’t American houses have ceiling lights in the living room?

There are probably several reasons why there are no overhead lights in many American living rooms. Here’s one:I hate overhead, diffused lighting from a point source like you find in a 1950s residential space. It creates glare and shadows. And they often look like the candy dish grandma had on the coffee tableI am an architect and I have worked with lighting designers over the years. For ambient light, I prefer to bounce light indirectly off walls with wall washers or track lighting. You should never be able to see the light source [the bulb] directly. A simple rule one of the lighting designers I worked with once taught me that if the walls of a room are properly lit, you will not need any lighting in the ceiling.The huge lobby of the NYS Theater at Lincoln Center in NYC designed by Philip Johnson, has a gold leaf ceiling with almost no lights in it. Instead the 4 story room is lit by wall washers bouncing off the walls of the four balconies.