Wiring A Dimmer Switch To A Light. Test the light switch afterwards to make. A quick video showing how to change a simple single pole 2 wire usually black and white wire switch to a dimmer switch.
Fold the wires neatly into the box. With a standard 2 way dimmer a single switch controls a single light. Roll the strands of the dimmer ground wire together and.
Screw the dimmer to the box with the screws provided.
Fold the wires neatly into the box. Remove the old switch before touching the original light switch turn off the power at your fuse box. Wrap it so that about one eighth of an inch of the stranded wire extends beyond the ends of the solid wire. Dimmer switches are usually connected to the house wiring by short lengths of wire coming out of the switch body rather than by screw terminals.
