Beautiful Switch With 2 Black Wires

You should see two black wires each connecting to a different screw on the right side of the switch.

Switch with 2 black wires. If the light doesn t turn on then it s the other way around. The white wires are wire nutted together so they can continue the circuit. The switch is a double switch but only one seems to do anything kitchen fluorescent light the other does nothing it has 4 wires 2 red and 2 black the 2 black go to two different common terminals and the 2 red go to two different l2 terminals.

You have an incoming hot wire black going to one screw it does not matter if you use the brass or silver screw on the side of the 2 way switch and a black wire from the other screw on the 2 way switch going to the load light ceiling fan etc. At the first switch location the feeder wire from the power source is a 2 wire cable with ground. This means that there is a black hot wire a white neutral wire and a bare copper grounding wire.

The light will either turn on or it won t. 4 way switches have 4 screws 2 will be black and 2 will be brass. The connected wire feeds the other loads and.

You should also see a green. Notice the black wire is the only wire that we are controlling through the 2 way switch. If the light turns on the second black wire you connected to the switch is the switch feed and the unconnected black wire is the feed to the other loads.

You will have to get a 4 way switch for that position not a 3 way switch. With the power off connect the black hot wire to the old switch. Then add a short white wire to the two you have and connect that to the.

Red and black form the same cable will connect ot he brass screws then the red and black from the other cable will connect ot he black screws. What i would do is pigtail those two black wires with a third short one and connect that short length to the appropriate terminal on your new switch outlet. Check the directions on your new device to see if you need a separate feeds for the switch outlet you might need a fourth bit of black wire.