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Old 10-10-2021, 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Fastskiguy View Post
Here's the directions....I have (well..."had", now I have the black wires hooked up, the other wires are just sitting there disconnected until I...er..."we"...figure this out) it hooked up like in the lower picture 3B. In my case as in the picture I put the bare ground wires together along with the white wire from the new switch. I don't have the red wire connected to anything (you can see it capped off and not connected in the second picture in the first post)

So neutral and ground on the switch were connected to ground in the wall.

Does this change anything? Does that mean I connected voltage to my ground in the house?
I think it’s time for an electrician to be called. You need a switch that can be used with that traveler wire. I installed a motion sensor in my old laundry room that was a 3 way switch configuration, best thing I did. You come home with your hands full and the light automatically turns on.
The other thing you have to do is program the switch once it’s installed, you set the sensitivity and length of time being on.