The existing on/off switch I have has 3 wires. A green ground, and 2 blacks. There is no white wire. How can I make this work?
1387066
You need to bring in a white wire. Hopefully there is one in the box that you can tap off of.
1313420
Turn the power off and twist the two hots together, twist the two neutrals together, and wire nut the leads off the outlet to the twisted wires. The little orange wire nuts won't be big enough, so you will have to get different wire nuts. The neutral could still have a load on it, if it is shared with another circuit, so you might be better off hiring an electrician to change it out for you.
775098
1. Hire a certified electrician.2. This switch/light will not work in a three or four way switch.
1276601
Don't know how to work with 2 wires. This switch took three wires: blue for load, black for hot line, and white for neutral line. You need to have three wires to make it work.
1601384
Mine didn't have a white wire. I used red=VDD, black=GND, and Yellow=Signal.
924747
If I understand your question I believe the answer is yes, INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:* Connect the Ground (Green) wire to the Green screw.* Connect the HOT (Black) wire to the Black screw* Connect the other wire (Load) from the previous switch to the yellow screw.* Connect the NEUTRAL (White) wire to the silver screw. This is requiredfor the nightlight to work.
1455697
You have one lug for power in, one lug for a ground to ground the switch and the third for power out to accessory. If ungrounded then the led on the switch won't be illuminated .
429536
Not "as shipped," but it's easy enough to make it do so. Snip the bridge between the switch and the receptacle (the default is for a single "hot" wire to power both switch and receptacle), then identify the hot wire (usually black), connect it to one side of the switch, run a short jumper wire from the other side of the switch to the hot (short slot) side of the receptacle, then connect the neutral (usually white) wire to the remaining side (long slot) of the plug. That's how I use mine.
1093262
Hi, dimmers usually have their own wires, unlike a regular switch that has screws and slots, it should not matter if you mix up the wires, if you have a 3rd green wire, that's your ground ( sometimes just bare copper wire too) some older buildings don't have that ground wire , if there is no place to connect it, just bunch it in behind the new switch, you can carefully cut the old wires, remove a appx half inch of insulation, twist the wires together, then screw on the little colored wire nuts ( tight) to each connection, you can put some electrical tape to cover any bare wires with the wire nuts and Please be carefully shut the power off if you can! Good luck! Hi, dimmers usually have their own wires, unlike a regular switch that has screws and slots, it should not matter if you mix up the wires, if you have a 3rd green wire, that's your ground ( sometimes just bare copper wire too) some older buildings don't have that ground wire , if there is no place to connect it, just bunch it in behind the new switch, you can carefully cut the old wires, remove a appx half inch of insulation, twist the wires together, then screw on the little colored wire nuts ( tight) to each connection, you can put some electrical tape to cover any bare wires with the... » Read More Hi, dimmers usually have their own wires, unlike a regular switch that has screws and slots, it should not matter if you mix up the wires, if you have a 3rd green wire, that's your ground ( sometimes just bare copper wire too) some older buildings don't have that ground wire , if there is no place to connect it, just bunch it in behind the new switch, you can carefully cut the old wires, remove a appx half inch of insulation, twist the wires together, then screw on the little colored wire nuts ( tight) to each connection, you can put some electrical tape to cover any bare wires with the wire nuts and Please be carefully shut the power off if you can! Good luck! « Show Less
554191
There aren't 3 power wires. The provided switch connects to 2 of the red wires. That leaves one power wire to run to a 12v source. There is also a black ground wire. Please refer to the diagram that came with the instructions. Given that you actually have this question, I too would suggest using an install technician...
1977507
Yes. Now, arguably you can connect the neutral to the ground and it will still work -- but ideally this should be connected to a white neutral.
1562313
This is a three way switch and it wires no differently than other three way switches. You would be only be wiring hot (black), traveler (red) and ground (bare) to the switch.... The neutral (white) would not be involved with the switch. Not sure if that answers your question. Please study wiring carefully or use an electrician if you are unsure of how to install these.
917571
It has five wires, BUT you need to have three wires in your box not counting ground (black, white,and potentially red) if you currently have a standard light switch, and this has always been a standard light switch, odds are you just have two wires (and a ground) which means this switch will not work for you (the box says neutral is required, but the amazon description doesn't mention this.)
440893
You should just need to change the two wires, it sounds like wired backwards. On my set, the wire colors were different between the right and left housings, the ground wire is the same color on both housings.
518731
Yes, it would work. It can be used as a single pole switch or a double pole switch (turn light on and off from 2 locations.)You can connect/attach the green wire to the wall box wherever you can or to the grounding wires inside the wall box.Cap the red wire with one of the wire nuts provided or you can buy a smaller one at a local hardware store or home repair center.
775099
There is no simple way for a homeowner to add a neutral wire to an existing switch box. You should hire an electrician for safety reasons. Also, this is a single pole switch and will not work as a 3 way switch.
814267
The black wire is the hot wire and the white is the neutral.The green is the ground