In most cases the two switch wires will be some color other than green or white usually black. Replacing standard light switch with dimmer one is quite easy.
How To Install A Dimmer Switch
One way dimmer switch wiring. This fixture has no on and off label and has three terminals behind the switch. Put a wrap of black tape around the white conductor to label it as a hot wire. Plus learn how to change a single pole switch to a 3 way switch. Attach to the bonded ground wires in the switch box. If only one switch controls the light purchase a single pole dimmer. This enerlites dimmer can be used as a single pole or 3 way dimmer switch.
To replace an ordinary one way onoff switch with a dimmer is easy. 3 way dimmer switches typically come with the following pre wired leads. A basic light switch is a single pole with an on and off label. Dont need to change wiring just switch and dimmable light bulbs or down lights. When you control a light in two separate switches you actually have a three way switch. Obviously the reverse is true to dim and turn off.
But one of the wires may be white if your house is wired with plastic sheathed cable. With a standard single pole dimmer a single switch controls the light. This allows you to turn the light on and off from one spot in the house. With a three way dimmer you can control a light with two switches. In this video im showing how to do this. This lets you dim from one location and turn the lights on and off from another.
You will need a three way dimmer and a three way switch. The most basic and consequently the least expensive variety of switch is the simple dial that you turn to click on and turn further to make the light brighter. Wiring a standard 3 way dimmer switch. These wires attach to the travelers which are the pair of wires attached to the two screws at one end of the regular 3 way switch. I show how to install a single pole dimmer switch.
Gallery of One Way Dimmer Switch Wiring
