The Romex in my wall only has the 3 traditional wires, black, white, and ground but this switch also comes with a red. What should I do?
936715
You must have power coming into the switch box. If you only have 1 black and 1 white in the switch box, you do not have power coming into the box, you have power coming into the fixture box. If you have power in the fixture box, you will need to route a power leg into the switch box or this timer will not work.
936716
OK, there seems to be a lot of confusion here as to switch wiring. In a conventional setting, a wall switch will "break" only one side of the electric circuit (BLACK wire). The white wires are tied together, but NOT switched. Typically all the white wires are tucked in the back of the switchbox to keep them out of the way. Tie the Maxxima's GREEN wire to the ground (bare) wire that you removed from the old switch. Tie the Maxxima's WHITE wire to the WHITE wire bundle (2 wires for one switch, 3 wires for a second switch, et. cetera.) Tie the Maxxima's RED wire to one of the BLACK wires that came from the old switch. Tie the Maxxima's BLACK wire to the remaining BLACK wire. The Maxxima's Red & Black wires are the "switch". If, when you turn the circuit back on, the blue lights on the unit are ON, then you're OK. If not, REVERSE the Maxxima's Red & Black wires.
936717
green to greenwhite to whiteblack home wire (hot) to maxxima red or blackblack home wire (light/fan) to maxxima red or blackto be honest i forget the exact labels but the first time i switch them around and no harm was done. BTW I love these switches, i just haven't left a review yet
936718
It's been awhile since I wired mine up, but I believe that the black wire goes to the incoming hot, the red goes to the load for the light, and the white goes to neutral. If you only have one romex wire in your switch box, then whoever wired your house took one of the common residential electrical shortcuts and you only have the incoming hot, and the load to the light. this switch requires that you have the neutral also, so in order to use it, you will have to figure out how to get the neutral into your switch box.
806075
They sell 120V and 220V versions. I have one of each and they work the same. I think you can use whatever the norm gauge of romex for the voltage to hook it up. In my house, the wires were identical for the 120v and the 220v connections (house was built in 1970, so codes may have changed)
1846179
You have to use new one. I had to take panel off wall and fish wires all over again.
1156841
Just wire the new switch the same way the old one is. Match switch with the old one colors could have changed. Put wire off the old switch into the same position on new switch. Do one wire at a time.
1892760
Mine only had two wires...I think it was black and red. Red was the hot which I connected to my amp remote wire so the power wouldn't stay on 24.7. And the black is the ground. I connected it (ground wire) to my amp ground.
2053401
I don't t think it should matter. Standard 110 v receptacle. I have standard 3 wire romex within the walls. I bought these late last fall . I have two on opposite sides of the house and have had no signs if ctitters since.
1884222
I know, it was very frustrating for me. I had to call an electrician to install it. As I recall, you leave all three of the wires that are already attached with those screw ends alone. You only use the two bare wires and the ground wire to your house wires. Green is usually the ground, but I don't remember in this particular case.
1093267
Hi, dimmers usually have their own wires, unlike a regular switch that has screws and slots, it should not matter if you mix up the wires, if you have a 3rd green wire, that's your ground ( sometimes just bare copper wire too) some older buildings don't have that ground wire , if there is no place to connect it, just bunch it in behind the new switch, you can carefully cut the old wires, remove a appx half inch of insulation, twist the wires together, then screw on the little colored wire nuts ( tight) to each connection, you can put some electrical tape to cover any bare wires with the wire nuts and Please be carefully shut the power off if you can! Good luck!
1623481
If this is the single (I've bought two location models too), it has three wires if I remember correctly. Load, ground, neutral. It's quite easy to install. Unit it slightly deeper than a standard wall switch but a standard box will handle it.
2087133
This is a dual wire, so if you want the black to be ground and the red to be power, simply wire it that way, or vice versa.
1604372
My unit came with 2 - three position switchs, I tried to run it through a wall dimmer from x-10, but it would flash, not dim.
1686253
I'm not an electrician but all 3-way switches I've seen have another connection that goes to the other switch. This switch does not have this.
1250277
if there are 3only wires in the J box the black should be hot white neutral and green ground. Like to like make sure you ground the fixture. TURN OFF the power first. But your switch may be fed through the J box instead of directly.
654132
Thanks, for your question. The ones I purchased from Amazon I had installed by my Son so I could not honestly tell you why one would have 3 wires or two. Now, with that being said my home was built in 1995 so it's not that really old. I cam assuming that depending on how old or new is your home may make a difference. When I see three wire I think positive, negative and ground. A suggestion, you maybe able to connect the negative to the ground making two wires instead of three. Your neighbor if they have the same home chances are they may have change there also so they be of some help also. Good Luck..
1963613
3 wires, No instructions included, some reviewer says what color does what. I haven't installed mine yet.
1768570
Not sure. I have red and black. Maybe get some sense by opening the back cover of the control box that has the on/off switch and button.
490361
I had the good fortune to have the old,nearly identical switch in place. That made it easy to swap the new wires one-for-one with the old. Without a formal wiring diagram I would recommend calling an electrician or perhaps the manufacturer of the component on which you are installing the new switch.