20 Most Recent Cooper Wiring Devices Three Way Grounded Switch, 15 Amp Questions & Answers

Incoming white - outgoing white This is the neutral, which just passes through without connecting to the switch
incoming black - switch black the hot wire provides power to the switch
switch red - outgoing red a traveler, will have power when toggle is one position
switch yellow - outgoing black
the other traveler, will have power when toggle is in the other position
incoming bare - switch green - outgoing bare the switch is grounded and it passes through

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ok typicaly the white wire is your nuteral and the red and black are your travelers so at the spot where you are installing the switch there should be either a set of wires either a switch leg or power set either way looking at the new switch you will notice that one of the screws on it are different then the others the two that are the same are where you want the red/and black to go from your set with the blk/red/wht/grnd the other set should be blk/wht/grnd the whites go together and the grounds go toghter and the black wires if more than one need to be tied together and pigtailed so only one is left and if just one blk that goes to the odd color screw hope this isnt to long winded

The other two are travelers and if the circuit was previously hooked up correctly you can connect the white and red to either screw.

There is no universal convention on the color coding of wires for three-way switches, other than green always being ground. Fortunately if you wire it wrong you won't hurt anything, it just won't work right. Two wires are "travelers", they run between one three-way switch and the other. The "travelers" were attached to opposite sides of one end of your old switch. From your description, one is red and one is black. (These two wires are interchangeable, except that in one position both toggles up or both down would ON. In the other position one toggle up and the other down would be ON.) The "third wire" was attached to the other end of the old switch and is black. If you can't tell by just looking at it which lead of the new switch is alone at one end of the new switch (and is therefore mate for the "third wire"), you can just try the combinations. Assuming you still know which black wire is your "third wire" there will only be 3 combos.

you need 2- 3way switches to work properly, on the one side of the switch there are 2 screw terminals and your "traveler wire pair" are connected here,then on the same switch with only 1 terminal on that side the hot phase hooks to one switch and the other switch has the light and neutral hook to this switch

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How to wire switches

Exterior Outlet Cover Outdoor Outlet Cover

Choose the wiring option that suits your needs from the Cooper wiring sheet. http://www.cooperindustries.com/content/dam/public/wiringdevices/products/documents/instruction_sheets/ri06p_ri06pl_ri061_ri306p_ri306pl_ri101_instructions.pdf

Select from the Cooper wiring schematics at this link. http://www.cooperindustries.com/content/dam/public/wiringdevices/products/documents/instruction_sheets/149AW-PTA.pdf

Wiring diagram for various Cooper switches. http://www.cooperindustries.com/content/dam/public/wiringdevices/products/documents/instruction_sheets/149AW-PTA.pdf

A single pole switch/dimmer will have two black terminal wires. Power in on one and switch leg out on the other.

You have to hook up the ground wire or the light will not go off

This is the Cooper product #6107; Standard Series Occupancy Sensor, 3-Way, 500W/400W, Incandescent, Halogen, Fluorescent Rapid Start Ballast. Do NOT use to control light fixtures with CFL or LED lamps! Connect this switch by using the diagram for the #6107 Single-Pole or 3-Way (match your existing switch) linked below. https://objects.eanixter.com/PD365967.PDF

You can do that from the 3-way switch that has the hot and neutral wire (the line side switch)... connect black to black and white to white.... otherwise if neither switch has both hot and neutral, then you cannot get 120V Open following links for illustrations: http://waterheatertimer.org/How-to-add-outlet.html http://waterheatertimer.org/How-to-wire-switches.html#3-way Gene If you need further help, I’m available over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/gene_9f0ef4df2f9897e7