DIY home electrical ?

[TexaRican]

I'm trying to put in a couple of smart switches that require the nuetral. My existing switches don't use it. What I see behind this jumbled mess is a wire bundle for the hot that looks to be shared by all 3 switches. It looks to me like the hot side and load wire bundles all have the nuetral wire there. The ones on the load bundles are all capped with a single wire nut. The hot side is shared by all 3 switches and I think there is also a nuetral in that bundle, all wire nut capped together.



So the new switch has a white nuetral pigtail and the diagram show it twisted up with a nuetral from the hot and load bundles. So how do I do this without hosing up what is working now?

[splitbeam145]

If you see a bundle of white wires tied under one wire nut that will be your neutral.

[TexaRican]

If you see a bundle of white wires tied under one wire nut that will be your neutral.

Yes, I have that but from what I could tell that is the 3 nuetrals leading off to the lights. I thought what I had coming from the hot side was the hot (black) and nuetral (white) in the same wire nut twisted up with the hot wires to each of 3 switches. Does that make sense? Maybe I was seeing it wrong. Had to button it all back up to leave so I'll mess with it later.

[texansfan]

Don't do it
Hire it out
I almost electricuted myself last weekend

[Mrsailfish]

You need to be very careful breaking neutrals loose under the right circumstances they will shock you like you have never been shocked

[TexaRican]

Here is what I think I have now. Can I pull that neutral from the hot side and tie it in with the load sides and the new white wire in my new switch?




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[doright]

How is there a neutral and hot tied together and not trip a breaker?

[TexaRican]

How is there a neutral and hot tied together and not trip a breaker?

That is my question too. I must be seeing it wrong right?


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[TexaRican]

I’m an idiot. All the nuetrals were together.


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[TexaRican]

Got it all set up. I can control all my lights with the phone now[emoji6]




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