Connect the black wire to the other brass screw. The black hot wire goes to the brass screw or into the hole in the back of the device on the same side as the brass screw.
How To Wire A Light Switch Smartthings
Light switch black and white wire. At the light the white wire connects to the neutral terminal and the black wire connects to the hot. The hot wire in a 120 volt residential ac circuit usually is coated with black insulation while the return or neutral wire is white. The other may be black red or white. The neutral wire from the source is spliced to the white cable wire and continues on to the light. If you dont have a ground wire leave the green screw unconnected. This is a typical wiring setup for a 3 way light switch with black white red and ground wires.
If the wiring does not appear to be correct then the wiring should be traced out and identified and corrections made as needed. Run white wemo to this common wire you add. If the light can be turned on or off from switches at each. You have to have a common and i did was run a single wire from a box that uses a common wire. One of these is the power feed and one is the switch leg but the switch terminals are interchangeable so there is no need to identify which is which. If there is a white wire connected to the switch this is likely the switch leg.
The white neutral wire connects to the silver screw or you place it in the back wire hole on the same side of the device as the silver screw. The other black and white wires are the electrical circuit for the switch. Attach the black wire from switch two to a contact on the light fixture. Then attach the white wire from switch one to a contact on the light fixture. One of the black and white wires goes to the light fixture. The fixture contains only black and white.
Wemo black wire to the white wire from old switch. A single pole single throw switch such as a light switch. If you have a ground wire connect the ground wire to the green screw. Mark the white wire with a piece of electrical tape to indicate that the wire is now a hot wire. Run 2nd wemo black wire to black wire from old switch. Attach a wire nut.
The switch it is connected to is a dimmer switch with an onoff button as well as a dimmer slider. For the ground on the wemo just cap it off with one of the wire nuts. This wire is sometimes red. Wiring two switches for two lights here two switches are wired in the same box to control two separate lights. The wiring in the ceiling contains a black red and white wire as well as a ground. It should be labeled as hot with a band of electrical tape so it is not confused with a neutral wire.
White wires are often used for switching however the white wire should then be identified with black electrical tape or a permanent marker. Take the white wire from switch two and twist it with the black wire from switch one. Wiring a three way switch.
Gallery of Light Switch Black And White Wire
