Ive decided to put this faq together to help those with questions about installing ge 3 way switches. The hot wire from the breaker usually black neutral.
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Light switch with red black and white wires. Connect white wires together. 12 awg for 20 amp circuits and 14 awg for 10 and 15 amp circuits. They should both be of the same wire gauge. The white wires on the fan go to the bundle of white wires. If you only have black wires in your box connect both the non white wires from the fan to the black wires in the box. Connect the white wires together.
Then the red wire in your box goes to the non white wire on your ceiling fan which is often blue. Connect the black wire to the screw located in swith 1. In the switch box. If you have a ground wire connect the ground wire to the green screw. The return wire for circuits usually white load. This is a typical wiring setup for a 3 way light switch with black white red and ground wires.
Split the incoming hot wire into a y and connect it to a terminal on each switch. The black wire goes to the bundle of black wires. Wiring a three way switch. The fixture contains only black and white. Youll have two cables in the switch box a live one with a black and white wire and the one going to the outlet which has a red black and white wire. The wiring in the ceiling contains a black red and white wire as well as a ground.
In existing 3 way wiring this wire toggles hot between two. Connect the red wire to the screw in switch 2. Connect the blue wire to the red wire. If you dont have a ground wire leave the green screw unconnected. Connect the black wire to the other brass screw. The switch it is connected to is a dimmer switch with an onoff button as well as a dimmer slider.
The wire that will be hot when the circuit is completed to your light usually black traveler.
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