Home Improvement Asked by missusm on April 18, 2021
Trying to swap out an existing pool light switch with a new LED light w/ inclusive switch. The old switch was a standard toggle switch, 3 wires (meaning the outlet is wired white, black, ground) . The new “fancy” switch has 4 wires coming from it…. One in, one out, one neutral and one ground. There is a transformer between the light and switch.
The installer eventually got it working but I’m curious how it should be wired, given the scenario. I just want to make sure it’s done right.
I appreciate any feedback.
The right way is that there was a neutral wire in the switch box (likely for newer houses, unlikely for older ones) and that was connected to the switch. It’s ok if there was multiple neutral wires, all connected together, in which case, the switch would be connected to the entire bundle.
The wrong way would have been to use ground as neutral. This would be illegal and potentially dangerous.
Given that a pool is involved, which could increase the danger, I applaud you checking into this.
Answered by DoxyLover on April 18, 2021
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