Looking for a little technical assistance… I bought a new Leviton smart switch to work with my Wink hub. The problem is all the wiring on the old switch is black and nothing is labeled. I’m no electrician and have no clue how match up the old switch wiring with the new switch. Do we have any know-how on the board who can offer up some guidance? Thanks in advance!

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Posted by bbap

Baton Rouge, LA

Member since Feb 2006

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Posted on 3/1/16 at 12:38 pm to runforrestrun

I'm no expert and i ran into the same problem. Neither my line nor load were labeled. I just guessed. Got it wrong and flipped them and it worked.

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Posted by CAD703X

Liberty Island

Member since Jul 2008

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Posted on 3/1/16 at 12:40 pm to runforrestrun

You need a LINE (hot) LOAD (usually red) and NEUTRAL (white and generally pigtailed in the wall behind the switch)

First: is this a 3-way or single pole (one switch/one light)?

Second: if you connect the wires wrong, the switch wont work so you can always change the wires around and if you get the LED to work and the light to work, you've got the correct wires in the right places.

you aren't showing us the electrical box so i can't tell you what wire is doing what but the way that switch is configured, it appears this is a 2-gang box and that line is wrapped around the screw to pass the power on to the next switch.

that is definitely NOT a neutral from that configuration.

ETA ignore the YL (its got a red sticker over it) unless this is a 3-way switch which i'm 99% sure it isn't.

This post was edited on 3/1/16 at 12:43 pm

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