Fantastic Wired Light Switch

If you are using a plastic switch the earth wires will need to be connected to the terminal.

Wired light switch. Wiring a single pole light switch. The source hot wire is connected to a switch terminal and the other terminal is connected to the black cable wire. Red wire this wire is used for 3 or 4 way switches and will connect the switches together so they can each control your lights.

White wire this is the neutral wire. Wireless switches usually require an additional receiver for them to work. Lightwave discontinued their gen1 connect series.

In your switch box you will only have one black one white and one ground wire. Here a single pole switch controls the power to a light fixture. The neutral wire from the source is spliced to the white cable wire and continues on to the light.

Installation as with most other smart switches requires a neutral wire but it s fairly straightforward. The switch includes an ambient light sensor so it can be set not to come on in daylight. If you ve already got wires in place you can still use a wireless switch by terminating the wires.

Red and black wires from three wire cable are connected between switches to appropriate traveler terminals. The source is at the switch and 2 wire cable runs from there to the light. The red wire from the feed cable is connected to the top terminal the red wire going to the light is connected to the bottom terminal the black wires from both cables are connected together in a plastic terminal block and the earth wires are connected to the earth terminal.

Bare copper green wire this is your ground wire. The ground wire gets connected to the ground screws of both switches and light fixtures. Black wire this is the hot or load wire.