Electrical question ?
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Doesn't sound like a 3 way. The new electric code states that we need to bring a neutral ( white wire ) to all switches, but I seen some crazy things so if there wasn't a 3 way in already the. Don't use the white only the black wires.
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They were all hooked up to a regular switch for years with no issue, I replaced it with a dimmer hooked it up the same way no problems until I turned it off, as soon as I turned it off it blew
PS: This house is 108 years old, and this wiring is probably about 50 years old
PS: This house is 108 years old, and this wiring is probably about 50 years old
Hmmm. That's strange. I'm not sure you can put a dimmer on a switched plug. You may have hooked the dimmer up backwards ( line/load )
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The switch was probably a pilot switch which is why there was a neutral, normal single pole single throw switches do not get a neutral. If the switch was a 3-way you'd have 3 colored wires, 1 hot or switchleg and 2 travelers going to another 3-way, unless a 3-way was used instead of a simply because thats what the electrician had on his truck and not because a 3-way was needed in which case you only need a hot and a switchleg. Dimmers very by model as to whether a neutral is needed or not. One black is your hot and the other is your switchleg.
You never switch the neutral. In homes it standad practice for 2 circuits of different phases to share a neutral, if you switch the neutral and turn the switch off you ceate an opene neutral. In this situation the neutral will carry 120v and each device on the 2 circuits are receiving 240v or 208v depending on whether the building is fed by a delta or wye on the secondary side of the transformer.
You never switch the neutral. In homes it standad practice for 2 circuits of different phases to share a neutral, if you switch the neutral and turn the switch off you ceate an opene neutral. In this situation the neutral will carry 120v and each device on the 2 circuits are receiving 240v or 208v depending on whether the building is fed by a delta or wye on the secondary side of the transformer.
