Wire 1 is connected to one of the screws on the switch. There are 3 black wires in the switch box that is supposed to control a light fixture.
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2 hot wires light switch. How to wire two light switches with one power supply step 1. Switch and t is hot and the light went out. The ground screw is for the circuit ground wire connection. The red and black are used for hot and the white neutral wire at the switch box allows for powering a timer remote control or other programmable switch. Wire 3 is not hot. One switch the common terminal will be hot only in the switch position where the light is on.
Use a circuit tester to verify that the power is off to the circuit you are. Wires 2 3 were wirenutted together with a short piece of wire as a pigtail and the pigtail was connected to the other screw on the switch. The switch leg brings power to the fixture when the switch is turned on. Pull one end of each cable through the back of one of the light fixture electrical boxes. Connect the red wire leading to the second switch to the top brass screw on the right side. Or more simply if the switches work at one switch the common terminal will be hot in either switch position.
This is an updated version of the first arrangement. The other terminal is for a second hot wire called a switch leg that runs only between the switch and the light fixture. Begin by installing the feed cable from the power. Wire 2 is constant hot. Connect the 2 ground wires with a fourth wire nut. Shut off the power to the circuit.
Run 12 gauge electrical cable between each switch and the light it controls. Install a double switch wall box and run the feed cable. U connects to the light and is the common terminal. With the switch removed wire 1 is constant hot. That is the hot feed wire. Because the electrical code as of the 2011 nec update requires a neutral wire in most new switch boxes a 3 wire cable runs between the light and switch.
Standard single pole switches do not connect to neutral circuit wire. Take the white wire leading to the second box and mark its end black too. Strip both ends of each cable. Connect it to the screw on the left side of the switch. With three ways switches or four way switches like opposite ends of a hallway to turn on or turn off the smae light from two different places we use yellow or orange wires for travelers one three way has the hot wire hooked to it and either one traveler for three ways or two for four ways to act as the hot wire.
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