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Originally Posted by Malsua
So what you've done is that you have voltage on your ground leg.
While the neutral and the ground are bonded in the panel, they are not the same. A ground should never be carrying any voltage.
The problem, as I see it here, is that you've got a switch that was switching the black leg but your sensor switch needs actual voltage to work which means it needs a supply black, a supply neutral and the switched black.
The red wire is used with a 3 way switch configuration or the 3rd leg for a fan/light. It may not be connected to anything. If it goes into the same wire sheath as the switched black, it's probably up in the ceiling with a wire nut on it.
I see whites in your box, tucked away. The white wire must go to that and not to the ground. When a GFI senses voltage on a ground leg it'll trip. Code also requires that grounds do not carry any voltages and now it does. That needs to change.
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I didn't totally understand....but thanks I appreciate it
I get "not right" though!
I tried putting the red / pink / purple (whatever color it is) to the white on the switch and it didn't work (wouldn't turn on or off).....does that mean anything?
No GFI's have tripped at all FWIW
Joe