have a question about installing a dimmer switch...
ok, let me explain what i see in my "old" switch box...
Three wires (Red, Black, White) (enclosed in a white sheathing) are coming into the top of the box...they go up to my light fixture. The RED is connected to the top screw terminal on my old switch. The black is connected to the another black wire coming out from the bottom of the box. The white is "moretted" (?) connected to the sane wire that comes out from the bottom of the box. The black wire that comes from the bottom of the box is connected to the other terminal...but not at its termination point....there is a gap of about 1" cut out of the black insulation...and this "C" shaped copped wire is connected to the terminal...it looks like the photo I have attached. ..
QUESTION:
My dimmer has three wires...(two black and a green...I know where the green goes, but how / where do I connect the two black wires...
it seems that I would have copper wire exposed somewhere...or do I connect three, or cut one (the black that has its exposed copper to the terminal)...
any help would be appreciated. thankss
ok, let me explain what i see in my "old" switch box...
Three wires (Red, Black, White) (enclosed in a white sheathing) are coming into the top of the box...they go up to my light fixture. The RED is connected to the top screw terminal on my old switch. The black is connected to the another black wire coming out from the bottom of the box. The white is "moretted" (?) connected to the sane wire that comes out from the bottom of the box. The black wire that comes from the bottom of the box is connected to the other terminal...but not at its termination point....there is a gap of about 1" cut out of the black insulation...and this "C" shaped copped wire is connected to the terminal...it looks like the photo I have attached. ..
QUESTION:
My dimmer has three wires...(two black and a green...I know where the green goes, but how / where do I connect the two black wires...
it seems that I would have copper wire exposed somewhere...or do I connect three, or cut one (the black that has its exposed copper to the terminal)...
any help would be appreciated. thankss