I recently purchased 5 HS-WD100+ dimmer switches for my house that was built this year (so it hopefully has up-to-date wiring) and this is my first DIY attempt at wiring up my place.
I'm trying to install my first switch into a double-gang box that previously held two separate on/off switches. One of the switches went to a ceiling fan/light combo, and the other goes to 8 recessed incandescent lights which are 65W apiece.
Before I started swapping things out, the double gang box had a hot wire which was junctioned off into two separate lines, one for each switch, then there is a load wire for the fan/light and a load for the recessed lighting. In addition to all of that, there were three white, and what I assume to be neutral wires, that were joined together with a connector and connected to nothing else.
I've tried almost every combination that exists in order to get the dimmer working but I'm having no luck. The dimmer lights on the WD100+ switch will actually turn on and I can press the up and down button to get the lights on the dimmer to change, and I can connect it to the SmartThings hub, but the recessed lighting isn't responding to that at all. Right now I am leaving the fan/light combo out of the equation and focusing on just the recessed lighting.
I've also search around and can't find anything else that is connected to the lighting in the living room. I've stuck my multimeter in every outlet in the room and they still have current when I flip the breaker for the living room lights.
The light bulbs are 65W 130V incandescent bulbs (https://www.amazon.com/GE-Lighting-2.../dp/B000FBATB4), cheap but dimmable according to Amazon, and with the maximum load of 600W on the switch I am under the limit at 520W total.
Here are a few questions if anyone wants to take a stab at helping me solve this...
Is 520W too close to the 600W limit to work?
Right now I am leaving the fan/light combo out of the equation and focusing on just the recessed lighting as a single-pole circuit. Is it okay to leave the load of the fan/light disconnected? I'm not sure if that is considered breaking the circuit. If it is, should I join it with the rest of the neutral wires or do something else with it?
Will any neutral wire work for the WD-100+? I am reconnecting the other two back together with the connector cap.
And if I actually progress to having the light work and want to rejoin the ceiling fan/light...
Is it okay to pair a generic on/off switch and the WD100+ dimmer in the same double-gang box if I treat the dimmer as a single-pole circuit and only split the power off the hot line for the ceiling fan/light?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm trying to install my first switch into a double-gang box that previously held two separate on/off switches. One of the switches went to a ceiling fan/light combo, and the other goes to 8 recessed incandescent lights which are 65W apiece.
Before I started swapping things out, the double gang box had a hot wire which was junctioned off into two separate lines, one for each switch, then there is a load wire for the fan/light and a load for the recessed lighting. In addition to all of that, there were three white, and what I assume to be neutral wires, that were joined together with a connector and connected to nothing else.
I've tried almost every combination that exists in order to get the dimmer working but I'm having no luck. The dimmer lights on the WD100+ switch will actually turn on and I can press the up and down button to get the lights on the dimmer to change, and I can connect it to the SmartThings hub, but the recessed lighting isn't responding to that at all. Right now I am leaving the fan/light combo out of the equation and focusing on just the recessed lighting.
I've also search around and can't find anything else that is connected to the lighting in the living room. I've stuck my multimeter in every outlet in the room and they still have current when I flip the breaker for the living room lights.
The light bulbs are 65W 130V incandescent bulbs (https://www.amazon.com/GE-Lighting-2.../dp/B000FBATB4), cheap but dimmable according to Amazon, and with the maximum load of 600W on the switch I am under the limit at 520W total.
Here are a few questions if anyone wants to take a stab at helping me solve this...
Is 520W too close to the 600W limit to work?
Right now I am leaving the fan/light combo out of the equation and focusing on just the recessed lighting as a single-pole circuit. Is it okay to leave the load of the fan/light disconnected? I'm not sure if that is considered breaking the circuit. If it is, should I join it with the rest of the neutral wires or do something else with it?
Will any neutral wire work for the WD-100+? I am reconnecting the other two back together with the connector cap.
And if I actually progress to having the light work and want to rejoin the ceiling fan/light...
Is it okay to pair a generic on/off switch and the WD100+ dimmer in the same double-gang box if I treat the dimmer as a single-pole circuit and only split the power off the hot line for the ceiling fan/light?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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