Wiring a 3 way light switch. Wire strippers utility knife needle nose pliers and.
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How to wire a 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. The source hot wire is connected to a switch terminal and the other terminal is connected to the black cable wire. In the tutorial viewers will see the use of. Wiring a 3 way light switch is certainly more complicated than that of the more common single pole switch but you can figure it out if you follow our 3 way switch wiring diagram. This gauge is when you want to use the quick connect method when wiring a light switch. When wiring a 2 way switch circuit all we want to do is to control the black wire hot wire to turn on and off the load.
The black wire power out wiring attaches to the other switch screw terminal the white neutral wires splice together the ground wires splice together and bond to the switch and the box. Simply strip the wire to the length specified and push the wire into the hole. Connect the source wire to the bottom terminal of the switch and the other black wire to the top terminal. With a pair of 3 way switches either can make or break the connection that completes the circuit to the light. In this picture you can see the strip gauge on the back of the switch. You connect the black wires in the electrical box to the switch terminals and the white wires to each other.
The cable consist of a black wire a white wire and a bare copper wire. Black wire power or hot wire white wire neutral bare copper ground. There are many ways to control and automate your lights with smartthings. The source is at the switch and 2 wire cable runs from there to the light. Here a single pole switch controls the power to a light fixture. Wiring a single pole light switch.
The switch also has a green terminal for the ground wires which usually are bare. 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. The video covers how to wire a basic 15 amp single pole light switch with 142 electrical wire.
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