Hey everyone,
I'm in a bit of a pickle here.
I bought a dimmer to install in one of my rooms. The room has a single lightswitch which is controlled by a simple on/off switch. This switch controls a single light mounted on the ceiling.
Now, I've replaced light switches with dimmers before and never had any problem. This one is proving much more complicated.
When I inspected the wires on the back of the original switch there was a bare copper ground on the left side, two black wires under screws on the right side and then a third black wire going into a backwired hole next to the top screw on the right.
Here is a photo for clarity. You can see the backwired and screwed blacks to the left, the single black on the right, and the ground in the back right:
When installing the dimmer I tried combining the backwired black and the top black into the dimmer and the single bottom black wire into the other black on the dimmer. This resulted in the dimmer not controlling the light (which would not turn on), but instead all of the electrical sockets in the room!
I've tried every combination possible and can not figure this out. Please help!
I'm in a bit of a pickle here.
I bought a dimmer to install in one of my rooms. The room has a single lightswitch which is controlled by a simple on/off switch. This switch controls a single light mounted on the ceiling.
Now, I've replaced light switches with dimmers before and never had any problem. This one is proving much more complicated.
When I inspected the wires on the back of the original switch there was a bare copper ground on the left side, two black wires under screws on the right side and then a third black wire going into a backwired hole next to the top screw on the right.
Here is a photo for clarity. You can see the backwired and screwed blacks to the left, the single black on the right, and the ground in the back right:
When installing the dimmer I tried combining the backwired black and the top black into the dimmer and the single bottom black wire into the other black on the dimmer. This resulted in the dimmer not controlling the light (which would not turn on), but instead all of the electrical sockets in the room!
I've tried every combination possible and can not figure this out. Please help!