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I am replacing a dimmer with a smart one. Can I do some clean up in this back box?
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<blockquote data-quote="Phoenix" data-source="post: 538578" data-attributes="member: 8133"><p>Are you sure there is no earth? Looks like it could be a conduit install with the conduit as earth A pic looking up at where the cables enter the box would help.</p><p></p><p>If there really is no earth, then as well as a plastic switch plate, you should be using nylon plate screws (but lets see if you have an earth first, do you have a multimeter at all?)</p><p></p><p>Your red on its own is the switch wire to your light, all the other reds are feeds and need be connected together and to the feed terminal of the switch, whether they are all directly in there (likely difficult), blocked together and a flylead, or in the case of the existing, a mix of the two, as there is really no difference.</p><p></p><p>You could probably dress them all nicely into a 5way wago along with a flylead and keep it to the back against an edge and not loose too much room, don't mumify it in half a roll of tape though, it is neither necessary or desirable</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phoenix, post: 538578, member: 8133"] Are you sure there is no earth? Looks like it could be a conduit install with the conduit as earth A pic looking up at where the cables enter the box would help. If there really is no earth, then as well as a plastic switch plate, you should be using nylon plate screws (but lets see if you have an earth first, do you have a multimeter at all?) Your red on its own is the switch wire to your light, all the other reds are feeds and need be connected together and to the feed terminal of the switch, whether they are all directly in there (likely difficult), blocked together and a flylead, or in the case of the existing, a mix of the two, as there is really no difference. You could probably dress them all nicely into a 5way wago along with a flylead and keep it to the back against an edge and not loose too much room, don't mumify it in half a roll of tape though, it is neither necessary or desirable [/QUOTE]
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