Questions tagged [dimmer-switch]
Planning, installing and troubleshooting circuits using electrical dimmer switches for controlling the brightness of lighting.
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How should I remedy a ground wire in a switch box which was burnt by a short?
I was replacing a light switch with a dimmer on a 3way pole. Installed last night and it worked fine except a very low hum. I attempted to “fix” the hum by pulling it out today. I turned off the ...
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Want to replace dimmer switch with smart switch. I think I have a 3 way dimmer?
I have a dimmer switch and a regular switch in two different locations. Both control one set of lights.
Is this called a 3 way dimmer switch? The 3 way dimmer switch is the master and the regular ...
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Disable dimmer function and leave on off function
I have this dual dimmer in my bedroom controlling two ceiling lamps.
One of the lamps and dimmer never worked by the way.
The working ceiling lamp, led light bulbs flicker even at maximum strengtht. ...
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LED ceiling light flashes when another light is turned on
I have a circuit with 3 Leviton smart dimmer switches that control 3 different LED ceiling lights, 1 on/off bathroom fan, and 1 on/off LED light. Whenever the 1 on/off LED light is turned on, 1 and ...
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dimmer with neutral wire (not a smart dimmer)
I have a Lutron Diva dimmer, gray color, that was installed by a manufacturer in 2016 to operate some [fancy expensive] LED ceiling lights.
this dimmer is not a smart dimmer, has no light to it, but ...
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Is it required to connect ground wire to light switch?
I'm installing a new rocker light switch. When I removed the old light switch I noticed that the ground wire was not connected. I also noticed that the other switch for the fan also does not have the ...
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Can a 4 wire dimmer lamp be installed with 3 wires?
I'm sorry about not knowing the terminology/what exactly is going on but our maintenance worker told us we can't install our ceiling lamp with a dimmer switch and I just wanted to check on here to see ...
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How can I identify dimmable lights that will work as dimmable with my dimmer lamp?
I have a lamp with a dimmer switch (which I believe was made to dim incandescent lights), and I've tried a couple of LED bulbs labeled as dimmable with it, and without exception they go from off to ...
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Seeking Help Finding A Dimmer Switch and Setting It Up
I have a 3 way light switch set up for my basement lights. I have a single light switch in the basement that controls all the lights in basement. At the top of the stairs going down to the basement is ...
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Possible to covert normal switch to three way?
I'm in the middle of a home renovation project (not doing it myself) and I purchased some nice brass light switches for my office. There are two places in the room where we have switches and they are ...
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Bypass remote control and connect harbor breeze to wall switch with fan speed and light control
I had to replace my patio ceiling fan. The replacement unit came with a remote control, which I did not notice until installation time.
I installed a wall switch for the previous fan which controlled:...
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Manufactured home - toggle to dimmer
We are trying to replace our original toggle switch in the kitchen of our manufactured home to a dimmer switch. The original switch had a self-contained box with three bundles of wire feeding in. Each ...
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Dimmable light forgets it's settings when turned off
I've bough these lamps: lamp 1, lamp 2
After turning the light off with the switch, not the remote control, my lamp forgets it's color, brightness settings. Plus it turns on with a random ...
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Replacing a ceiling fan where old fan and box have extra white wire
I am replacing an old ceiling fan (with light) installed by the previous owners. When I removed the old unit, I noticed that both the ceiling box and the old fan had an extra white wire that I wasn't ...
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replacing living room light switch with dimmer
my living room ceiling light switch has this pattern
there are 2 black wires that come in and out. the switch itself has 2 points where these black wires can be connected
Here is how the target ...
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Lutron Sunnata LED+ Dimmer on 4-way Mutli switch delays other switches on by 2 seconds
I have a 3 switches - I replaced one of the auxiliary switches with the dimmer switch and while it works perfectly fine from that switch, the other 2 switches now have a delay when you turn on the ...
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Will the dimmer switch on a 40 year old lamp work with “dimmable LEDs”?
I have a number of Midcentury and later lamps that switch on and off with a knob on the fixture: turn it one way for on, turn it back for off, and dim or brighten the light by turning it. Every ...
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How do I properly wire the replacement dimmer switch when the box has more wires than expected for single pole
I thought my over head light switch only controlled my overhead light. It is a dimmer switch that no longer dims so I want to replace it with a dimmer that will function.
When I removed the wall plate ...
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Dimmer light switch - smell & yellow foam
A tenant reported flickering batheroom LED lights on a dimmer switch. Dimmer was making crackling sound, hot and smell. They disabled mains to prevent any further issue. Opening the dimmer case is a ...
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Does it matter which traveler wire goes to which brass screw on a 3-way dimmer?
I replaced a dimmer switch that controls an overhead light in my kitchen. The switch would only turn the light on and off (no dimming capabilities although it was a dimmer switch) The previous owner ...
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How to connect this standard switch [duplicate]
I have a dimmer switch that I am replacing with a standard switch. The original dimmer only has two black wires coming out of it (pre-1996) and inside the box were two black wires tied to one of the ...
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Circuit Tripping Immediately after replacing three way dimmer
Upgraded a dimmer to be compatible with future LED lights. The old was a three way dimmer but it had no ground wire and no markings. I BELIEVE I found the common and wired this to the appropriately ...
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Wiring smart switches
I'm trying to replace 2 conventional on/off light switches with smart dimmer switches.
This is what the wiring looks like.
The middle black is live. The black wire on the left was the load line ...
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Is there anything I can look for in LED Bulbs and or LED dimmers to ensure there is no "heartbeat" flicker?
At the beginning of the pandemic I removed the drop lighting in my basement and replaced it with recessed can lights. Because the space doubles as a work space and tv-watching space we got a lutron ...
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Replacing light switch with confusing wires
I have 2 light switches, and want to replace the switch on the right with a dimmer switch that requires 3 wires. Link to the dimmer switch. The switch on the left doesn’t do anything, so I planned to ...
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Fix/find outlet with round dimmer switch
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I have an outlet on the wall of the stairs that has two switches (different sets of lights). The left switch was a round dimmer type switch. Push on/off and rotate to dim (infrequently ...
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Lutron DImmer Install Wiring Question
I've wired almost all the light switches in the house with Lutron switches. So I have a lot of experience with installing them. For some reason this one is giving my problems. This switch controls a ...
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One of several recessed lights on a dimmer making a faint ringing noise
I have compatible, dimmable LED light bulbs for my recessed fixtures and they are the correct watts. However, when on, one of the recessed lights makes a distinct but faint ringing noise. This is the ...
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Why does the switch (single pole) in my bedroom have to be off or my closet lights switch (single pole) will not turn the closet lights on? [closed]
Note to those helping: I am new so I cannot answer your questions via comment (It says I don’t have enough points to comment) so I just keep editing the original question. Answers below.
Unless the ...
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How to wire up 0-10V dimmer in a 2-way configuration
I recently upgraded my old halogen kitchen ceiling lighting with LEDs - two fixtures. They have the 0-10V dimming wires. I also got a pair of 2-way switch/0-10V dimmers.
My dilemma is that I don't ...
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Replacing two old dimmer switches
I'm trying to replace two old dimmers with two new dimmers. These are two separate dimmers, each controlling a different light. I'm having a difficult time figuring out how to wire the new dimmers.
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LED bulb dims and flickers when turned up to max position on sliding dimmer switch
Older house(1973). Hanging ceiling light fixture in den has dimmer switch and light would flicker periodically. During renovations I installed new LED dimmer switch and put in new dimmable LED bulb. ...
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Switching dimmer switch with 2 black wires to regular switch
I just wanted to confirm before wiring this up. When I took this off I see that two black wires going to the dimmer switch when it is normally black, white, and ground. Not sure how you tell which is ...
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315GLE dimmer dont switch on the lights
I bought a new dimmer because I believe the old one is broken.
Spotlights are turning (dimming) off after 2 seconds (on the old dimmer). I believe the coils are broken.
The old dimmer is called 315 ...
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Caseta Switches 6WCL-WH-A
I think I am getting pretty close with this but not 100% there yet. I have a hallway light with two switches at each end. On / off at each end will turn the hall light on / off. Am swapping out dumb ...
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Can I wire a ceiling fan light with 1 wall switch, adding a dimmer switch for the light and control fan speed with remote that came with fan?
This is my scenario, except I only have one switch in 2 gang wall plates that goes up to the ceiling fan. The other switch goes to the half switched outlet.
The red wire is the switched hot in the ...
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Need help determining what each wire does inside switch box
I opened up my switch box and forgot to mark off which wire was connected to which wires on my dimmer before I removed it. Now I want to put that dimmer back but I don’t remember what wires connected.
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How do I replace a dimmer switch to conventional for a fan?
question on my setup. I am taking out dimmer and light switch that adjust separately and replacing it with one switch as my new light/fan is on a remote. I am assuming I need a 3 way switch. black ...
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How to add an outlet to a light switch in this specific situation? [duplicate]
I added an outlet to a light switch (see pictures). But the light switch is not working anymore (was working properly before the outlet addition). The ceiling light is on and is controlled by the ...
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Dimmer will only work with one specific LED--what might be going on?
I have a dimmable, single-bulb, lamp from Crate & Barrel. The socket says it can take bulbs up to 150w. It came with a dimmable 1w LED bulb which works fine, but is not very bright. I have tried ...
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What are the best non-flickering (zero-flicker), dimmable bulbs for an enclosed glass fixture? [closed]
I have a glass-enclosed bathroom wall fixture wired to a separate wall dimmer (on the opposite wall). I need to replace the bulb, but the old incandescent bulbs no longer exist. I could easily ...
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Replacing single pole switch with dimmer
I am trying to replace a single pole switch with a fiet dimmer. However my box has 4 black and 4 white wires. I think the single black line-in is simple to identify and is connect to ac-l and ground ...
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Lutron Diva smart dimmer, won't work in a 5-way without accessory switches?
I have a 5-way switch circuit in my house, and after trying to install a Diva smart dimmer and reading Lutron's installation pages, it sounds like I can't have it work properly without one of Lutron's ...
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Light Switch with Dimmer
When looking at light switches I noticed that some have a built in dimmer slider like the one pictured below and I have two related questions about them.
Is there any concerns with replacing a normal ...
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3 Way smart dimmer switch install with switched Load wire in junction box 1 and live wire at junction box 2
I want to install wifi 3-way smart dimmer switches for a chandelier and in junction box 1 it looks like they ran the power to the light and back down to Junction box 1 with 14/2 Romex. Then they ran ...
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Replacing an old light switch with a new dimmer switch [closed]
So I have an old light switch. The wires from the wall have 2 black, 1 red, 2 white, and 1 ground wire.
The new dimmer switch has 1 red, 1 blue, 1 black and 1 ground.
I tried all combinations but have ...
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Installing Kasa smart dimmer 3 way with only 4 wires?
I have some lights controllable by two toggle switches on opposite sides of the room. Im located in the US in an older house, Im trying to install a Kasa Smart Dimmable 3-way Switch (KS230). However ...
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Can I install a fan & light dimmer switch with this wall wiring?
I’m trying to install a Lutron Maestro fan/light dimmer, but it turns out the wires in the switch box don’t seem to do what I expected. Currently, the fan and its lights can be turned off completely ...
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How should I install a dimmer switch that calls for neutral-to-hot connections?
I have 6 dimmable spotlights and there was previously a normal one way switch to turn them on and off. I bought a dimmer switch and in the installation instruction it's saying that I have to put live ...
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1000W switch for a 960W application
I have a fixture (on a normal switch currently) I would like to control with a new dimmer switch. The fixture holds 16 bulbs which I have installed 16 60W Edison lights. So a total of 960 watts. Is ...
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