How to hang a ceiling pendant lamp that has multiple wires?

Question

I have a lamp that has great wiring but I have never hung a ceiling lamp before that has three wires. It has a green, red, and white wire. Prior to this, it was hung in a commercial setting, but now its residential. How to I do this?

Answer 1

Green wire is ground. Red is hot. White neutral. You probably have a white wire, black wire and a bare copper wire in the ceiling box. White to white, black to red, green to copper.

Answer 2

The first answer is correct, but to elaborate:

Be sure to kill the power at the breaker, and check at the box.  Treat dead wires as if they are live.

Connections:

Lamp Green to box copper, or wrap around a s***w on the box cover.

Lamp White to box White or Gray.

Lamp Red to box Black, (or any color other than green, white or gray).