We have a dual swith on to turn on a light over the sink, the other to turn on/off our insinkerator. The switch is dead, which had one wire running to each switch at the top of the switch, and one on the bottom that went to a screw wire holder that is marked Line +. None of the new switches I tried worked and I can't find a new dual switch with a Line + on it. Any suggestions will help
Sometimes there are 2 places to attatch wires on a switch, there are the screw connections, and sometimes there is a hole in the back of the switch. if nothing else, attatch a jumper wire from your hot wire of light switch, to hot terminal of insinkerator.
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Nope, you have the wrong type of switch. The old one is what is called a 3-way switch. You need to purchase a replacement 3-way. The switch you currently have is a standard on/off switch and can not be used in that situation.
Dan
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At the switch you have a feed wire coming in this brings in power which originates in the electric panel. You also have a feed or feeds goings out to other lts or switches, this you seem to have on the switch. instead of the closet switch loop.undo all the wires. find the only hot this is the one wire you can touch to the others and make different lts come on i reccomend getting a electric tester to do this. FInd the wire that goes to the closet lt. Once your sure put it to the side. wirenut all other wires together with the hot wire. this makes all other switches independantly hot. connect the hot to the switch and the closet lt to switch. I HOPE THIS MAKES SOME SENSE TO YOU . let me know if i can help
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Wiring a bathroom combination vent, heater, light 3 way switch means more wires. In brief, you need to run two cables - one a two wire and one a three wire from the switch to the fan.
Incoming power will have white black and ground.
The two wire cable for the switch to the fan will have wht, blk, and ground.
The three wire will have red, blk, wht, and grnd.
The switch will likely have 2 blacks and a red coming from it, with two blacks and a red on one side, and a single black on the other.
The fan should have a red, blue, green, black, and white.
On the fan end: Group all green/copper grounds together and use a wire nut to fasten them together. Tape the nut to the wires.
There will be five white wires coming through. For ease of handling, using wire nuts, connect two on one nut and three on the other.
connect the blue to a blck. Connect one red to one black, and the other red to the other black.
The switch will have one red going into the 3 wire cable, a black going to the 3 wire cable, and a black form incoming power to the side opposite the 3 wires, and a blck going to the two wire cable.
There. Confused?
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Hi, W/D here.
Your disposer is jammed. Locate the wrench that is with the disposer. Mine is in the flip out tray under the sink. It should look like an allen wrench. You can see what the wrench needs to look like by opening your cabinet, and looking at the very bottom of the disposer. Insert your wrench into the socket, and move it forwards and backwards until you free the jam. Then, run a pot of water and ice through the disposer (with it running) to further clean it out.
Best regards,
--W/D--
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You have the hot wire on the wrong side of the switch. The side of the switch with the fin is where you put the hot wire. On the other side of the switch where there is no fin is where you put the other two wires one on each screw. When you have it wired that wat your switch will work like the old one. Also if you would like the lights to come on with the top part of switch. But works with the bottom switch you just need to switch the two wires from top to bottom.
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