Timeline for Alt hot white and red wires, neutral black? How to connect motion detector switch
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| Oct 12, 2018 at 13:54 | vote | accept | evv_gis | ||
| Oct 12, 2018 at 6:13 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 12, 2018 at 3:20 | answer | added | evv_gis | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 12, 2018 at 1:25 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @evv_gis -- post an answer with details and I'll +1 it :) | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 23:23 | comment | added | evv_gis | I got it. Line red to Hubbell black. Line black to Hubbell red. Line white to Hubbell yellow. | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 22:44 | comment | added | evv_gis | The black is on the colored screw. | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 22:43 | comment | added | evv_gis | Thanks, added the picture for the other switch. | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 22:42 | history | edited | evv_gis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added other switch.
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| Oct 11, 2018 at 22:29 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Yes, can you post photos of how the existing switch at the other end is wired? | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 22:19 | comment | added | Tyson | Without unwiring the other end, show us how that’s wired. | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 22:17 | comment | added | Tyson | Your old switch had 2 different colors of screws, one was likely black and the other 2 brass. The black screw is the common wire. Since it appears you only have 3 wires into one /3 cable here, then either the other switch end has both the feed and load, OR the feed is at the fixture and they ran a /3 from the fixture to each switch. In any case there’s going to be a wiring change needed to make this circuit work, 3-way switching works a little different than how these 2 occupancy sensors communicate with each other. | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 22:04 | comment | added | evv_gis | Okay, I'm fine with getting another switch. I'm still confused as to where to put the white wire. Or, is that the traveler wire between the switches? | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 21:59 | comment | added | Tyson | One traveller was my clue, but I looked here and discovered the other switch can’t be a regular 3-way switch, it must also be a ws2000w. | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 21:57 | comment | added | evv_gis | Okay, so Line black to Hubbell red, Line red to Hubbell black? What about the Line white? | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 21:51 | comment | added | brhans | The black coming out of the wall is not Neutral, it is the 'load' wire running to your light. It measures 0V because you're seeing Neutral through the light. | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 21:48 | history | edited | evv_gis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 11, 2018 at 21:35 | review | First posts | |||
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| Oct 11, 2018 at 21:32 | history | asked | evv_gis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |