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With conventional dimmer wiring using nm cable a nm cable supplies line voltage from the electrical panel to the dimmer outlet box. This wiring diagram illustrates adding wiring for a light switch to control an existing wall outlet. If the lamp doesn t work the issue may be in the dimmer or in the wiring. Make sure the electricity. If you have any doubts in any step contact a. If the lamp works you have a functioning circuit and you can just replace the dimmer. And plugging in a dimmable lamp. Wiring an outlet to a switch loop. Screw the dimmer to the box with the screws provided. For example a lighting fixture may be controlled by a dimmer switch with power supplied by the load terminal of the gfi.
The source is at the outlet and a switch loop is added to a new switch.
If you have any doubts in any step contact a. The hot source wire is removed from the receptacle and spliced to the red wire running to the switch. Three wire cable runs between the switches and the outlet. 3 way switches are also marked with four wires in the wall outlet. If it doesn t work replacing the dimmer with a switch may not give you a working outlet depending on what s causing it to not work. At the outlet the travelers are spliced to run to sw2 using the red and white wires in that cable.
Try cranking the dimmer to max. The source is at the outlet and a switch loop is added to a new switch. Finish the job by installing the cover plate and turning on the power to test the new dimmer. A ground wire a hot lead wire and two travelers to allow for a connection to another switch or outlet. Take extreme caution while working with electricity. The black wire from the switch connects to the hot on the receptacle. For example a lighting fixture may be controlled by a dimmer switch with power supplied by the load terminal of the gfi. How to change a dimmer switch to a normal switch warning. Make sure the electricity. The red and black wires running from sw1 to the outlet are used as travelers.
Screw the dimmer to the box with the screws provided. Another nm cable connects from this dimmer box to the light fixture box. Gfi ground fault interrupter outlets sense amperage imbalances between the hot and neutral wires of an electrical circuit. Make sure the electricity. The source is at the sw1 where the hot is connected to the common terminal and the neutral spliced through to the neutral on the outlet. If it doesn t work replacing the dimmer with a switch may not give you a working outlet depending on what s causing it to not work. It doesn t matter if you reverse the two switch wires to a single pole dimmer. Three wire cable runs between the switches and the outlet. Fold the wires neatly into the box. This wiring diagram illustrates adding wiring for a light switch to control an existing wall outlet.
Finish the job by installing the cover plate and turning on the power to test the new dimmer. Three wire cable runs between the switches and the outlet. 3 way switches are also marked with four wires in the wall outlet. The black wire to sw2 is connected to the hot on the. If it doesn t work replacing the dimmer with a switch may not give you a working outlet depending on what s causing it to not work. The source is at the sw1 where the hot is connected to the common terminal and the neutral spliced through to the neutral on the outlet. At the outlet the travelers are spliced to run to sw2 using the red and white wires in that cable. Gfi ground fault interrupter outlets sense amperage imbalances between the hot and neutral wires of an electrical circuit. The black wire from the switch connects to the hot on the receptacle. How to change a dimmer switch to a normal switch warning.
Take extreme caution while working with electricity. Fold the wires neatly into the box. The design of the gfi includes hot and neutral line terminals in which the power supply is connected and load terminals where additional electrical devices such as other outlets or lighting may be connected. How to change a dimmer switch to a normal switch warning. If you have any doubts in any step contact a. The source is at the outlet and a switch loop is added to a new switch. And plugging in a dimmable lamp. Gfi ground fault interrupter outlets sense amperage imbalances between the hot and neutral wires of an electrical circuit. The white wire is marked black on both ends to identify it as hot. Another nm cable connects from this dimmer box to the light fixture box.
Both line and neutral travel from the switch box to the light fixture box. Gfi ground fault interrupter outlets sense amperage imbalances between the hot and neutral wires of an electrical circuit. Take extreme caution while working with electricity. It doesn t matter if you reverse the two switch wires to a single pole dimmer. If the lamp works you have a functioning circuit and you can just replace the dimmer. Finish the job by installing the cover plate and turning on the power to test the new dimmer. For example a lighting fixture may be controlled by a dimmer switch with power supplied by the load terminal of the gfi. Screw the dimmer to the box with the screws provided. If the lamp doesn t work the issue may be in the dimmer or in the wiring. If it doesn t work replacing the dimmer with a switch may not give you a working outlet depending on what s causing it to not work.
