Hi all!
So I’ve recently moved and in my old place I installed smart switches as the wiring was pretty simple. However this new house was a flip and they remodeled the kitchen and redid all the lights and switches and made the wiring a little complicated for my liking. If it weren’t for the COVID lock down I’d simply hire an electrician to get in here and fix this up but in lieu of that I’m here asking for your advice.
see the pictures attached:
I’ve tried installing the switch two ways and neither provided power to the switch but both ways allowed power to the rest of the house and other circuits (except for the lights that the switch controls obviously)
the first picture is the old analog light. I don’t quite understand why it has two hot lines (black) on either side and a secondary hot (red). My old switches just had one black and one red, so it was easy.
as you can hopefully see there are two pieces of Romex in the switch box which I’m assuming is because this is all happening in the middle of one or two circuits. I’m wondering if I am possibly using the wrong neutral wire considering I’ve never been able to get power to the smart switch itself ie it never powers on its WiFi light.
It should be noted that these ceiling lights are controlled by two switches, one inside the kitchen, and another just outside the kitchen in the hallway. The switch in the kitchen is your average switch, but the one in the hallway has a blue signal light that tells you the status of the circuit because the switch positions can be inverted when you use either switch in a different succession (sorry I don’t know the name of this switch setup I’m sure it has a name)
Also, the switch in the hallway has a dimmer on it but the switch in the kitchen doesn’t. This is why I was trying to replace the one in the kitchen because my smart switch doesn’t have a dimmer.
any thoughts!?
So I’ve recently moved and in my old place I installed smart switches as the wiring was pretty simple. However this new house was a flip and they remodeled the kitchen and redid all the lights and switches and made the wiring a little complicated for my liking. If it weren’t for the COVID lock down I’d simply hire an electrician to get in here and fix this up but in lieu of that I’m here asking for your advice.
see the pictures attached:
I’ve tried installing the switch two ways and neither provided power to the switch but both ways allowed power to the rest of the house and other circuits (except for the lights that the switch controls obviously)
the first picture is the old analog light. I don’t quite understand why it has two hot lines (black) on either side and a secondary hot (red). My old switches just had one black and one red, so it was easy.
as you can hopefully see there are two pieces of Romex in the switch box which I’m assuming is because this is all happening in the middle of one or two circuits. I’m wondering if I am possibly using the wrong neutral wire considering I’ve never been able to get power to the smart switch itself ie it never powers on its WiFi light.
It should be noted that these ceiling lights are controlled by two switches, one inside the kitchen, and another just outside the kitchen in the hallway. The switch in the kitchen is your average switch, but the one in the hallway has a blue signal light that tells you the status of the circuit because the switch positions can be inverted when you use either switch in a different succession (sorry I don’t know the name of this switch setup I’m sure it has a name)
Also, the switch in the hallway has a dimmer on it but the switch in the kitchen doesn’t. This is why I was trying to replace the one in the kitchen because my smart switch doesn’t have a dimmer.
any thoughts!?
