Considering I'm a retired auto body technician, I'm embarrassed about this question. Anyway, I have a Cloudy Bay dimmer switch and my condo is about 45 years old. I pulled the single pole light switch only to find 2 wires connected to the switch. I'm a little confused on how to properly connect the dimmer as all diagrams show a 3rd wire on the wall switch. Can you assist? Thank you
That is a three way dimmer. It is made for use when two switches control the same light. It can still be used. Just don't use the red with the paper tag on it. Put a wire nut on it.
If you read the writing on the tag it probably says something about only using it if there are two switches.
Thanks for the quick response.
I understand the red wire with the tag will not be utilized.
There are still three wires on the dimmer to be connected.
The wall switch only has two wires connected, can you tell me the correct application?
Example; black to black, etc..
Black from the wall to black of the dimmer.
Blue from the wall to red of the dimmer.
Red/yellow stripe gets capped off.
Since you have a conduit system in the house.... the box is the ground.
You can put a ground screw in one of the threaded box holes and connect the green wire there.
Excellent!
I will pick up grounding screws and get er' done..
I bought a couple USB/outlets to replace old receptacles.
It may be a similar situation, I have not pulled the old outlets yet.
I might ask about the receptacle replacement if its not clear..
Thanks for the help.
Just had bathroom remodel and had new exhaust fan installed, Panasonic with led main light and led night light. Contractor didn't wire the night light to anything since there were not enough wires. Based on installation diagram, can I wire the night light black wire to bathroom black? The bathroom fan is controlled by an occupancy sensor and would be very convenient if a night light went on automatically.
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Hi guys,
I'm a home-owner who's pretty new to wiring. I'm trying to replace a 3-way switch in my basement to accommodate LED dimming. This switch was a dimmer; The other is not. The instructions show that I should have four wires to attach with wire nuts, while my cable (which reads "type nm-b 600 V") only contains three wires. It looks like they used the ground to carry current and left the ground cable coming from the switch loose in the plastic box.
Is this:
1) OK
2) Dated but Pretty OK
3) Dated but Pretty Dangerous
4) Your House Will Probably Burn Down Before You Can Read Replies
Thanks for any help -- I'm lost on this one.
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