![]() The first is the LOAD terminal, and is likely brass in color. On the other side of the device, there are two screw terminals. This side also contains the GROUNDING terminal, which is likely green and located kind of off by itself. On one side it has 2 COMMON terminals, which are likely either black or brass in color. ![]() The device you're trying to install has 5 screw terminals. It sounds like you have a situation like this.īut what you need, is something like this. To wire the new switches properly, you'll have to install an additional wire between the switch and the load. This is NOT the proper way to wire this switch. It sounds like the old switches were hooked up using the bare copper grounding conductor as a grounded (neutral) conductor. How do I wire using the 3 existing wires (Black, White, Copper) to the new 2nd switch in order without causing the circuit breaker to trip when it is used? Then I replace the 2nd switch exactly at the first and it tripped the circuit breaker. Turned on power, switch worked as expected (pilot shows on when the switch is on, pilot off when switch off). I replaced the first old switch as above in 1, 2, 3 with the new switch. I wired the 1st new replacement switch as follows: I only know that the old switch was wired with the black and white wire on the top/bottom of the two screws on the left side of the switch and the plain copper wire was wired to the one screw on the right side of the switch. I don't know how the old switch compares to the new switch. In the old switch the copper wire was attached to a screw that WAS NOT GREEN but was a single screw on the right side of the old switch. I don't know that the plain cooper was to a ground screw or not. The old switches were wired with 3 wires, black, white, plain copper. The old switches are brown, I want to replace them with white switches. I have 2 COMBINATION SWITCHES, each has a switch and a pilot light on them housed in a single junction box. I have a very OLD wiring so it isn't clear how to install my new switch per the provided wiring diagram.
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