Re: Installing dimmer switch in old house

On Jan 17, 9:27 pm, "Twayne" <nod...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
DerbyDad03 <teamarr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 17, 1:24 pm, "Twayne" <nod...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
pgcampbell <pgcampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I want to install a dimmer switch to control the lighting in my
dining room.  My house was built in 1925.
There are two light switches connected to one workbox.  One light
switch controlls the light in my dining room. The second lightswitch
currently does not contol anything. At one time it probably
contolled the light in the kitchen but the kitchen was remodeled 50
years ago and the lights in there are gone.

When I removed the faceplate to the workbox I found two wires
inside. They are not color coded.  One wire connected to the top of
lightwitch number one ( controllng my dining room light).  The
second wire looped around a copper screw at the bottom of
lightswitch number one and then continued on to lightswitch number
2 where it terminated.

How would I then install a dimmer to control the lighting in my
dining room?  I believe the top wire is hot.
The bottom wire to lightswitch number two...is that a grounding
wire...treated as a green wire?  Or is that
the second hot wire...treated as a black wire?

...

re: you are definitely not qualified to learn

Wow!  You were able to make this assessment of the OP's ability to
learn from just one post.

You have an amazing talent that you should market to corporate head
hunters, educational institutions, major league sport teams and
countless other organizations.
.

Yup.  You see, I have this little knack for ... wait for it ... being
able to READ!  And I suspect from your tortured response that you are
another one but where the OP was likely putting himself in danger, you
are also a danger to those around you.  You're definitely not the right
tool for the job; you're just a tool, period.  How's that for a talent?
   Unlike you, I explained why I said what I said, and offered further
assistance in what in my opinion would be his best course of action to
approach that job.  The OP may accept or reject my post as he wishes.
No hard feelings, I simply spoke what I believed.
  You on the other hand seem to have contributed nothing but an attempt
to piss on a table top.  Like the tool you seem to be.

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Gosh...Don't you hate it when you need to make the choice between
responding to such inane babble and just leaving it alone since
responding to it justifies it? I guess I'll give it one quick shot,
then sit back and wait for more babble (or, in a perfect world, a
humble apology) to appear in response.

Let's recap what you posted:

"...you are definitely not qualified to learn/do this task..."

Nothing...absolutely nothing...in the OP's wording could possibly give
anyone reading it a sense of the OP's ability to *learn*. I'll agree
that at this point in time he may not be able to *do* it (safely,
correctly, whatever) but based on one question, no one, not even one
as astute as you, could possibly assess his ability to *learn*.

It also appears that although you claimed to "have this little knack
for ... wait for it ... being able to READ", you either didn't read,
or chose to ignore, my direct response to the OP where I:

1 - Offered a course of action, just like you did.
2 - Provided a brief explanation of how a switch should be wired.
3 - Ended with the caveat that in an older house (or any house for
that matter) proper wiring procedures may not have been followed along
with the suggestion that the OP determines how the current switch is
wired before replacing it with the dimmer.

And finally, I just gotta throw this in. I find it curious that when
I related my experience about getting hung up on a 400VDC power
supply, your response was all buddy-buddy, using things like "lol",
"great sea story" and even ending with a hearty "Cheers". However, in
other posts you've called me a troll and a tool. I'm having trouble
determining your true feelings for me. Please stop playing with my
emotions.
.

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