![trying to replace this light switch but it has black, red, white, and an unused ground wire. do I pigtail the red and black and connect the ground/white as normal? : r/askanelectrician trying to replace this light switch but it has black, red, white, and an unused ground wire. do I pigtail the red and black and connect the ground/white as normal? : r/askanelectrician](https://preview.redd.it/trying-to-replace-this-light-switch-but-it-has-black-red-v0-6cs1lhkjomma1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1465baa926c521807e48c180309e5e15851eb5c2)
trying to replace this light switch but it has black, red, white, and an unused ground wire. do I pigtail the red and black and connect the ground/white as normal? : r/askanelectrician
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