How to connect a dimmer with red, black and blue wires to two black and one white wires in the box

SOURCE: Need help hooking up a single pole Leviton dimmer switch

hook up the red to red
black to black
green to bare wire
tie white wire to other whites in back of switch box in the wall.
If no whites in there cap it off with a wire connector.

SOURCE: Problem Installing 3 way dimmer

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SOURCE: Install a single pole light dimmer

House wires are for a 3 way switch, you will need a different switch

SOURCE: trying to hook up a dimmer switch it has a red

For a single-pole installation:

1. Connect the 2 white wires together (one from the source and the other to/from the light fixture) - 2 wires
2. Connect the black wire from the source to the black wire on the dimmer switch - 2 wires
3. Connect the black wire to/from the light fixture to the red wire on the dimmer switch - 2 wires
4. Connect the ground wires - 3 wires

SOURCE: i have 2 black, 2 red and 2 white wires from the

In your wall box you should have two cables these wires are coming from. The cables are 3 wire w/ground so that you can use 2,3,and4 way switches in the house.

One cable is a line cable, the other is a load. In other words, there is one cable with incoming voltage, and the other cable is a follower, or a cable with wires to pass current along to the next wall switch.

The dimmers are very finicky. One good spark from touching the wrong wire will immediately short it out.

Without knowing whether you are in a 2 or 3 way switch situation it is impossible to accurately tell you which connect to what.

If I were you I would go to Lowes or Home Depot and buy a good wiring book (like Stanley) and go home and sit down and draw out your circuit.

Note that if these wires are for 2 or 3 way switches it changes things. But that book should help you identify it.

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