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