dimmer not dimming,need to wire correctly recessed lighting
ok so I added 3 recessed lights and removed the fan now when I rewired the following the 3 led lights don't dim I am attaching a diagram of exactly how it is wired now. the light are on by pushing the dimmer button, then when I push it again they turn off. then I turn back on and go to the switch across the room and and flip the switch down to turn off, and to turn back on I flip the switch up. then I go back to the Dimmer and rotate clockwise and counter clock wise, and no dimming occurs.
so I am attaching the following diagram which labels every wire with a letter, and to the left of the diagram will be a part of letter separated by and arrow to show what wire is attached to what wire. I need help properly wiring to get the Led Lights to dim and Brighten.
I have never had much success connecting a regular 3way switch to a 3w dimmer. Many dimmers claim and show wiring for using a standard 3way switch but I've seldom had much luck in getting them to work correctly.
When I have a three way dimmer I use a companion dimmer in the second location.
Not only does it work reliably.... it's dimmable from both locations.
Last edited by PJmax; 04-17-21 at 04:13 PM.
Reason: typo
ok, cool! so in the way of using the 3 way dimmer at both ends, how would I then connect the wires listed in the junction box in the center the diagram?
ok I figured it out the dimmer switch was replaced and the dimmer works fine it appears the old dimmer wouldn't work with the 3 LED lights as it did when the fan was connected. I guess the old dimmer recognized the current being used and would dim in unison with fan light when connected together the blue and black wire to the black wire. so I decided to move the ceiling fan and light. now have just he recessed lighting and works great on the new dimmer I just replaced. I will now go ahead an replace the switch across the room for another dimmer to be Abe to dim form both sides of the room.
Thank you!
Depending on what you got for a 3way dimmer..... most have a companion dimmer. It's only a remote control. You basically have one 3way dimmer with a slave controller. So make sure you match the type/brand of the dimmer you already installed. The controller is usually less than half the cost of the dimmer.
Ok, I’m usually pretty good with putting up lights, but I’m a bit stumped in this case and forgot to take pictures of how the previous light fixture was setup.
Here is a picture of the box and the fixture wires. The box has two white and two black, but if you look you can see they are coming from different parts of the box which is throwing me off.
the fixture itself has two same colour wires. One with an L which I’m assuming is line or load.
The last piece of info is that there are also pot lights in the same room that also turn on with the fixture that I am wiring.
Do I need to connect the two white and the two black to the fixture?
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Sorry I posted this on another forum and wanted ot post it here as well, trying ot get this fixed ASAP!
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[color=#383a3b]Yes I am an idiot for not taking a picture before I unhooked the previous light fixture but I didn't.[/color]
[color=#383a3b]The new light fixture has a black, white and ground.[/color]
[color=#383a3b]Coming out of the ceiling junction box I have 2 wires:[/color]
[color=#383a3b]Wire 1: 1 black wire, 1 white wire[/color]
[color=#383a3b]Wire 2: 1 black wire, 1 white wire, 1 red wire, 1 ground[/color]
[color=#383a3b]Both blacks are wound together and both whites are bound together.[/color]
[color=#383a3b]The previous fixture had the black wound to the other 2 blacks, the white bound to the other 2 whites and the red [/color][i]I thought [/i][color=#383a3b]was connected to either the whites or the blacks with ground on ground[/color][i].[/i]
[color=#383a3b]I tried a few different ways. Firs thing I want to mention is all 3 attempts, when I came back upstairs after turning the breaker box back on, the fixture light was already lit and going (even though the switch on the wall was still turned off).[/color]
[color=#383a3b]Attempt 1: hooked the red to the blacks. The light was on, when I turned the switch to the on position it stayed on and did nothing.[/color]
[color=#383a3b]Attempt 2: hooked the red to the whites. The light was on, when I turned the switch to the on position it made a loud pop noise at the switch (scared me to death) and I went downstairs and the breaker was in the middle position, so I turned it back off.[/color]
[color=#383a3b]Attempt 3: didnt connect red to anything, just capped it. The light was on, when I turned the switch to the on position it stayed on and did nothing.[/color]
[color=#383a3b]What in the world am I missing??[/color]
[color=#383a3b]The switch on the wall is a dimmer switch from 2 fixtures ago. Our last fixture was not dimmable so the switch just acted like an on off like normal. I was hoping to achieve the same thing.[/color]
[color=#383a3b]Any advice is appreciated!![/color]
04-17-21, 08:24 AM
