Cooper Wiring Devices Electrical Supplies - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support
The 3-way dimmer switch has 4 wires; 1-red,
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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My exsitting switch has two
Ok so I gotta ask you are you saying that your existing switch has in total three black wires, a red wire, and a bare copper wire? If so then it sounds like the existing switch is a multifunction switch, meaning it works more than one fixture. If it had two black wires and one red wire then you more than likely have a three way switch, meaning the one fixture can be controlled from two different switches but either way the new switch will not work if it only has two blacks coming from it and your best bet is buy a meter and find out what is hot and what is not and go from there
I had ants in my
recheck the wiring in receptacle loose wire --broken wire / connection or improper wiring
Cooper S106P dimmer switch
Black hot wire connects to the black wire of the dimmer. the outgoing black wire will connect to the yellow wire located on the same side as the ground wire. the other yellow wire will cap off.
How do you wire a cooper 1234 box when you have 4
You must verify that you in fact are dealing with a Neutral wire and a Hot wire to power this device correctly. If this was an existing single pole switch it is likely that the white wire was used as a switch leg to a light fixture .
1303w diagram
Standard 3 way switch. Two travelers will attach to the Brass colored. The switch leg or power will attach to the off colored screw .
Do you have to break off tab when installing combination device
The switch/receptacle pictured can be wired a number of ways. If you want to switch the attached receptacle you will leave the tab on between the brass colored screws and attach your HOT wire to the brass screw on the opposite side. The bare or green ground wire will attach to the ground screw. The white Neutral wire will attach to the silver colored screw.
I am trying to install a 2 way gang switch, i have
There is no simple answer. It all depends where your feed is and which switch is the "point". The point is the black wire bringing switched power to the fixture. Both the point, and the feed will be on the top black terminal on one or the other THREE way switches. The travelers go to the bottom two terminals and the neutral, usually white wire, just splices through. I hope this helps.
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