Dimmer Switch
#1
09-28-02, 06:46 PM
Dimmer Switch
I am trying to install a 600 Watt single pole dimmer switch by Trade Master. It looks very simple. Just insert the ground into the ground terminal and the live wire into the backwire terminal. Unfortunetly when I do that the switch doesn't work. Is there something that I may be doing wrong? There are only 2 wires coming to that switch in the wall.
#4
09-28-02, 08:09 PM
Member
You don't have a ground wire. A dimmer switch will have three connections, two for the wires you have and one for the ground. Since you don't have a ground, use the other two connections.
#6
09-29-02, 09:39 AM
Member
One of the most dangerous things you can do is to connect a hot wire to a grounding connection. This is an electrocution waiting to happen. You are one extremely lucky person!!!
