Comments on: i am installing a motion sensor switch in my bathroom but the switches are wired to control the vent and light? http://www.bathroomsconce.com/i-am-installing-a-motion-sensor-switch-in-my-bathroom-but-the-switches-are-wired-to-control-the-vent-and-light.html Enjoy our wide selection of bathroom lighting fixtures Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:10:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pipe strangler http://www.bathroomsconce.com/i-am-installing-a-motion-sensor-switch-in-my-bathroom-but-the-switches-are-wired-to-control-the-vent-and-light.html/comment-page-1#comment-18802 pipe strangler Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:03:23 +0000 http://www.bathroomsconce.com/i-am-installing-a-motion-sensor-switch-in-my-bathroom-but-the-switches-are-wired-to-control-the-vent-and-light.html#comment-18802 Basically the motion detector switch needs to be connected in parallel with the existing switch and the existing switch then removed from the system. You need to check if the detector has a feed in and out connection to ensure the hot is fitted in the correct terminal. Basically the motion detector switch needs to be connected in parallel with the existing switch and the existing switch then removed from the system. You need to check if the detector has a feed in and out connection to ensure the hot is fitted in the correct terminal.

]]> By: Menard K http://www.bathroomsconce.com/i-am-installing-a-motion-sensor-switch-in-my-bathroom-but-the-switches-are-wired-to-control-the-vent-and-light.html/comment-page-1#comment-18803 Menard K Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:03:23 +0000 http://www.bathroomsconce.com/i-am-installing-a-motion-sensor-switch-in-my-bathroom-but-the-switches-are-wired-to-control-the-vent-and-light.html#comment-18803 The Green wire is most likely a safety ground. HOWEVER, see if you can get a tester for voltage and check what wires are what, there should be a "hot" and a "neutral" and a Ground. Did any instructions come with that motion sensing switch? My guess is (and assumption is the mutha of disasta here) the motion sensing switch has two black wires because the "hot" & "neutral" polarity doesn't matter, but then again I could be wrong about that. Get some info on that switch before you wire it up. The Green wire is most likely a safety ground.
HOWEVER, see if you can get a tester for voltage
and check what wires are what, there should be a "hot"
and a "neutral" and a Ground.

Did any instructions come with that motion sensing switch?
My guess is (and assumption is the mutha of disasta here)
the motion sensing switch has two black wires because
the "hot" & "neutral" polarity doesn’t matter, but then again
I could be wrong about that. Get some info on that switch
before you wire it up.

]]> By: STEVEN F http://www.bathroomsconce.com/i-am-installing-a-motion-sensor-switch-in-my-bathroom-but-the-switches-are-wired-to-control-the-vent-and-light.html/comment-page-1#comment-18804 STEVEN F Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:03:23 +0000 http://www.bathroomsconce.com/i-am-installing-a-motion-sensor-switch-in-my-bathroom-but-the-switches-are-wired-to-control-the-vent-and-light.html#comment-18804 A switch NEVER has a neutral. It breaks the hot wire. The green wire on the motion switch is a ground wire. It should connect the the green or bare wire in the box. Remove the 2 wires from the switch you are replacing and connect them to the black wires from the motion sensor. This SHOULD be explained by the instructions that came with the sensor. A switch NEVER has a neutral. It breaks the hot wire. The green wire on the motion switch is a ground wire. It should connect the the green or bare wire in the box. Remove the 2 wires from the switch you are replacing and connect them to the black wires from the motion sensor. This SHOULD be explained by the instructions that came with the sensor.

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