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  • Oct 5, 2009, 08:01 PM
    prince z
    Dimmer switch and wall wires.
    4 wires are on my new dimmer switch to the wall black, blue, red and green. On the wall are 3 black, 3 white, and one bare. Which is the best way to connect these wires?
  • Oct 5, 2009, 09:41 PM
    KISS

    The old switch has two wires, right?

    Wire #1 (To light) Pick red or blue and put a wire not on one of the wires. If you don't like the way the switch works, use the other one.

    Wire #2 (black on dimmer) Usually power in

    Green goes to bare which is ground

    Wire 1 and 2 go to where the original switch is.

    It's hard to tell which wire is power. You may have a white wire painted black.

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