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    Sep 9, 2009, 04:21 PM
    Dimmer switch for a ceiling lamp
    What seems incorrect with this dimmer switch I have connected. It is for a lamp on a ceiling. The image on the right is what the wiring looked like before I connected the dimmer switch to it.

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    Sep 9, 2009, 04:59 PM

    I have made certain assumptions below. I they are correct, connect one side of the dimmer switch to the two hots. Connect the black going to the light to the other. What is the other picture?


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