![]() Also the regular disclaimers about turning off power, not killing yourself, etc. I have the black wire from the pantry light connected to the hot black terminal and the other two connected to the traveler terminals. This is probably more intermediate level work because the 3-way switches are more of an alternative way of doing them and you have to make nice pigtails which may not be easy for a homeowner so if you're not familiar with any of these things or aren't comfortable, call an electrician. Within the switch box, there were two black wires connected together, with another single black wire exiting out of the connector (see the red connector and the yellow arrow). Use those 3 wires for your timer and you should ground it as well. 1 I pulled out a one-way dimmer light switch in a bedroom in order to replace with another dimmer switch. ![]() ![]() Your 3rd wire (load) is the black wire on top of the switch. Then you get yourself a piece of white wire and pigtail it to the big white bundle in the back. Line Wire: This is the wire that provides the 120 Volts of power to your switch from the power company. Then tie all 3 together and make a pigtail for your hot using a piece of black wire of the same gauge. Bad things will happen if you confuse them with the neutral. My plan is to simply swap the black wires until I can replace the breaker. Neutral is normally two or more white wires covered with wire connector and pushed to back of box. I have an unused single breaker with one black wire. Neutral wire must connect to combo switch. The switch with the black wire is the one that won't reset. ![]() This is a double breaker with a black and red wire. If you're going to install a timer on the single pole switch, it's pretty straight forward (ok not really for someone not familiar) - before you do anything else, put a ring of black tape on each of those white wires on the loop so you don't confuse it with the neutral. 1 One of my breakers tripped last week and wouldn't reset so it needs to be replaced. Where does it go? I have to do some speculating but since the two switches next to it are 3-way switches and the wires are white, I'm guessing that the hots are going to the other ends of the 3-way switches and the other end is a dead end so something like this on the 2nd photo: except that the white in your case is the common wire on the other end. ![]()
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