Posted By: Sunroofcuda
Household Electrical Switch Q: - 09/27/22 03:34 AM
Question on hooking up a new 3-way wall toggle switch for bathroom: (the toggle on the "bad" switch is messed-up - this switch controls the heat lamp in our main level bathroom. I had a good used switch in my stash)
There's a ground screw - no question hooking that one up.
The "new" switch has a black & a brass connection screw on one side of the switch. There's a 3rd connection screw (brass) at the top of the switch - even with the brass one on the opposite side. The connection to the original switch has a ground wire & two black wires - both black wires were hooked up top/bottom on the same side of the defective switch. (this is next to another switch which controls the regular lights in the bathroom). *The original switch was a lighted switch with a ground, & only two hookups.
So I hooked the new one up with ground, then both black wires on the same side of the switch top/bottom configuration. **If I had attached both black wires at the two top connections (opposite sides of the switch), does it make a difference? It works fine. Would all 3 hookups on the new switch work or make any difference?
There's a ground screw - no question hooking that one up.
The "new" switch has a black & a brass connection screw on one side of the switch. There's a 3rd connection screw (brass) at the top of the switch - even with the brass one on the opposite side. The connection to the original switch has a ground wire & two black wires - both black wires were hooked up top/bottom on the same side of the defective switch. (this is next to another switch which controls the regular lights in the bathroom). *The original switch was a lighted switch with a ground, & only two hookups.
So I hooked the new one up with ground, then both black wires on the same side of the switch top/bottom configuration. **If I had attached both black wires at the two top connections (opposite sides of the switch), does it make a difference? It works fine. Would all 3 hookups on the new switch work or make any difference?