Timeline for Wiring a switch and a dimmer

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Dec 21, 2019 at 21:38	history	edited	Harper - Reinstate Monica	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 157 characters in body
Dec 21, 2019 at 21:32	history	edited	Harper - Reinstate Monica	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 157 characters in body
Dec 21, 2019 at 21:31	comment	added	Harper - Reinstate Monica		@iayork I think you're expecting a 1:1 match of wire:wire. Not at all. I'm saying (after remarking) match up all wires of a given color. So 4 neutrals come together, 4 grounds come together, 3 blacks come together, and 2 each of red and black. My whole point is, after you identify by function, you don't need to count wires anymore. If it's blue, it goes with blues. Further, this marking will be useful 5 years later when you revisit this box; you won't have to headscratch it all over again.
Dec 21, 2019 at 21:23	comment	added	iayork		This is good advice in general, but the problem here is that there are seven wires coming in to the box (two ground, two neutral, two black, one red) and we need eight going in to the two switches (two each ground, neutral, line, load), so we can’t match up the same colors. My question was how to split the seven into eight, and ThreePhaseEel’s answer solved that.
Dec 21, 2019 at 18:29	history	answered	Harper - Reinstate Monica	CC BY-SA 4.0