Formidable Three Way Outlet Wiring
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Three way outlet wiring. The 3 way switch with the black pigtail goes in the first box with supply. White neutral wire to a silver colored terminal screw. A 3 wire nm connects the traveler terminals of the first and second 3 way switch together.
The black and red cable wires connect to the traveler terminals on sw1 and at. Typical 3 way switch wiring nm cable. The black wire from the other 3 way gets connected to the line black wire.
With this wiring the receptacle can be controlled from two locations. Connect the new wires to the new outlet. Step 4 go back to the first location and attach the single wire which was identified as the hot or common wire in step 2 to the black screw on the switch.
Bare wire to the green grounding screw. Installing a three way smart switch differs from a standard three way switch. Then do all the black wires similarly then all the reds.
Join all the white wires to each other with one wire nut and shove em into the back of the box. In both boxes the yellow wires go onto the brass screws on the 3 way switches. The line white neutral wire gets connected to the light fixture.
The hot wire from the source connects to the common terminal on sw1 and the neutral wire is spliced through to the neutral on the receptacle using the white cable wire. The following steps will guide you through the installation of a smart switch with existing wiring. This will be obvious in a moment.