I just recently bought my first home, it's a 1953 ranch and decided to replace 3 of the light switches with leviton occupancy sensors. I was thinking this would be a simple 30minute project but it has turned into a 5 hour cuss fest.
On my first light switch after killing the power at the circuit breaker I opened it up and pulled out the switch. It had 2 wires connected running into the gang box, upon further inspection I noticed in the gang box it has 3 black wires and 1 white wire, all 3 black wires were connected as one to the switch with the white wire going directly to the switch.
on my leviton occupancy sensor I have 2 black wires a green wire and a bare wire. I have the bare and green wire connected to the white wire as per the instructions but I am cluess as to which wires to connect to the black.
I have tried every concievable combination from 1 wire on each and rotation through the 3 to 2 on 1 and 1 on another and rotating through the combinations. Now....this is where things get complicated the original switch all it did was control the cieling light. Now depending on the combinations I do it controls either the electrical outlet in that room or the electrical outlet in that room AND the lightswitch in the adjacent room but never the light in the room I want it to!!!
Am I missing something here? Am I over thinking things? I need some major assistance before my head explodes and I have to call an electrician to install a simple occupancy sensor
Also, this is just the first switch out of three I'm hoping the other 2 go alot smoother but this is the more important one. I can take pictures of the setup if that would be more helpful
On my first light switch after killing the power at the circuit breaker I opened it up and pulled out the switch. It had 2 wires connected running into the gang box, upon further inspection I noticed in the gang box it has 3 black wires and 1 white wire, all 3 black wires were connected as one to the switch with the white wire going directly to the switch.
on my leviton occupancy sensor I have 2 black wires a green wire and a bare wire. I have the bare and green wire connected to the white wire as per the instructions but I am cluess as to which wires to connect to the black.
I have tried every concievable combination from 1 wire on each and rotation through the 3 to 2 on 1 and 1 on another and rotating through the combinations. Now....this is where things get complicated the original switch all it did was control the cieling light. Now depending on the combinations I do it controls either the electrical outlet in that room or the electrical outlet in that room AND the lightswitch in the adjacent room but never the light in the room I want it to!!!
Am I missing something here? Am I over thinking things? I need some major assistance before my head explodes and I have to call an electrician to install a simple occupancy sensor
Also, this is just the first switch out of three I'm hoping the other 2 go alot smoother but this is the more important one. I can take pictures of the setup if that would be more helpful