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created4this t1_j1fcv8m wrote

Reply to comment by boxsterguy in Can I install this single pole switch in place of the dimmer switch that was here? by Affectionate_Cronut

The wiring is line in/line out which is the two twisted lives (black) as well as a switched live out (black alone).

The whites are the neutrals.

Wiring a switch to bridge between live and neutral (as it would be if they copied the pictures) is a problem

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boxsterguy t1_j1fe3ab wrote

I was referring to the linked article, not OP's picture. As I assumed you were doing, too, when you said, "Not those colors".

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created4this t1_j1hdbbb wrote

You can tell how it’s wired by the fact the original dimmer was between two blacks.

I’m not saying to assume that white is neutral for the purpose of fitting a smart switch here, I’m saying assume white is neutral so you don’t wire a switch to short it to live. The new switch needs to be wired like the old dimmer, not like the picture in the link at the start of this sub thread.

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