This gauge is when you want to use the quick connect method when wiring a light switch. To help guide you through wiring a light switch yourself we wanted to highlight a great post from the smartthings community posted by sidjohn1.
Wiring For A Single Loft Or Garage Light
How do you wire up a light switch. In this picture you can see the strip gauge on the back of the switch. If you choose to control your overhead lighting with smart switches or dimmers youll either want to hire an electrician to install the switch or wire the light yourself. One wire will come from the light the other from the main electrical circuit of your house. You should see plastic caps called wiring caps also called a wire nut with two wires running into each cap. Now remove the wire cap from the two white wires in the box add the white wire from the outlet and reset the cap. Learn how to wire a light switch for new construction.
Remove the black line wire from the switch twist it together with the black wire going to the receptacle and add a six inch length of black wire of the same gauge. Connect the source wire to the bottom terminal of the switch and the other black wire to the top terminal. Disengage your light from its wires. How to install and use an electrical handy box how to strip the. Disengage the wires by twisting the wiring cap until it comes free. Simply strip the wire to the length specified and push the wire into the hole.
There are many ways to control and automate your lights with smartthings. If you are using metal light switches fig 3 make sure you connect the earth wire to the earth terminal on the switch and fit an earth link wire from the switch to the earth terminal in the back box. Connect this jumper wire back to the switch terminal. Basic knowledge of how to wire a light switch black wire this is the hot or load wire white wire this is the neutral wire bare copper green wire this is your ground wire red wire this wire is used for 3 or 4 way switches and will connect the switches together so they can each control. This tutorial includes all the steps to wiring a light switch including.
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