Timeline for 3-way smart-switch installation: How do I re-claim the white (currently) traveler to be a neutral?
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| Jan 17, 2022 at 16:09 | comment | added | Jasbro | @freeman - I didn’t realize that. Thanks for pointing it out. | |
| Jan 17, 2022 at 16:08 | comment | added | Jasbro | @ThreePhaseEel - no, I’m not wedded to the Treatlife dimmer, especially now realizing it’s not UL approved. And, yes, the last pic is of the ceiling light box. | |
| Jan 17, 2022 at 12:43 | comment | added | FreeMan | Do note that your switch does not appear to be UL approved. There's a non-zero chance that it will fail, possibly spectacularly. | |
| Jan 17, 2022 at 4:47 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 17, 2022 at 3:08 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @Jasbro -- also, I take it that last photo is of the wiring in the ceiling box, no? | |
| Jan 17, 2022 at 3:07 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @Jasbro -- are you somehow wedded at the hip to the Treatlife dimmer? | |
| Jan 17, 2022 at 2:33 | history | edited | Jasbro | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 17, 2022 at 2:32 | comment | added | Jasbro | @Harper-ReinstateMonica The connections in the boxes were exactly as shown, and the light (from both switches) works as depicted in the drawing. I don't know if it makes a difference, but there is another double gang (2 switches) on the other side of the wall of Box 2, on the same circuit. I added a picture of the light fixture wiring. It appears pretty straightforward. Thanks for your input! | |
| Jan 17, 2022 at 1:02 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Anyway, "no wire connections other than ground" is not surprising in box 1; the other 3 cables are connected in normal ways and it sounds like this 3-way is a spur, unrelated. However in box 2, it's a bit more surprising. Were there really no connections of the two /2 cables and the 3-way switch? Have you seen the wiring arrangement at the light? Wired as it is in your drawing, does it currently work? | |
| Jan 17, 2022 at 0:55 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Trial and error is BAD. There are lots of combinations that will work and then kill you. An example would be tying a smart switch neutral to ground for lack of a neutral. That said, exchanging among the hot wires going to a switch is generally no-risk, but as soon as neutral and ground enter the picture, lookout. | |
| Jan 17, 2022 at 0:18 | history | edited | Jasbro | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Jan 17, 2022 at 0:06 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Jan 17, 2022 at 0:06 | history | asked | Jasbro | CC BY-SA 4.0 |