Home Improvement Asked by Himanshu Kesar on November 9, 2020
I have gone through multiple diagrams on the internet but not able to understand my dining room 3-way switch wiring setup. Any insight or next steps would be helpful.
What do I want to achieve?
I would like to install a 3-way smart dimmer switch that requires a neutral wire. Can I still do that by doing making some adjustments to existing wiring?
What I have?
Switch Box 1 has two wire bundles and a 3-way standard switch
Switch Box 2 has 1 wire bundle and a 3-way dimmer switch
It goes without saying that there is a ground wire in both switch boxes.
What do I know so far?
What do I not know so far?
Thank you for your time.
Himanshu
Yup, you have a switch loop in a 3-way switch configuration. The wiring is
Supply ------ Light -------- Switch1 ====== Switch 2
Your smart switch needs always-hot, switched-hot and neutral. Those are not located at any switch location.
It won't be possible to install a smart switch in the normal way. You'll need a smart switch module that sits in the lamp box and serves as the master, and smart-switch remotes at the physical switch locations.
Answered by Harper - Reinstate Monica on November 9, 2020
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