How To Install a Dimmer | DIY

I may not be an electrician, but I have done a ton of electrical work and learned a lot over the years from all the guys working on my sites and wiring my own houses on permit. Feel free to ask questions, You can do it....I can help!

I got some strippers and after stripping the coverings, I got a lap dance. Electrical is still not complete, but will try again next time.

What if I dont have a ground wire?

i brought home a set of strippers and now im sleeping on the sidewalk, best decision of my life!

Thanks very much for sharing Sir. You are certainly a very knowledgeable and experience person. How can we learn the basic of electrics and electronics both? Any book you would recommend to understand and start doing basic stuff safely? Trying to build a studio light, and add a dimmer to it. Bought a socket (E27), with on and off switch. Works fine, but I need to make it dimmable. How to cut the wire and attach a dimmer to it?

Why I mentioned about learning electronics earlier?
Because I am not sure if I can put 1 to 5 bulb-socket splitter. Because I don't want things to catch fire, or bulbs to fuse. I want to be able to understand, what Voltage and Wattage and Current Amperage input and output is right. How to understand this concept? It just all goes round and round as they are all inter-related.

If you could please teach us a bit basic stuff, that would be very kind. Thanks!

New sub...love this

You make it sooo simple. You gave me confidence. Thanks so much. I hope you have a video for whatever situation I have next.

Thank you! Very clear instructions.

I just bought a home, and you are the second dad I needed to help me progress during all those new installations we're doing! Thank you!

Do dimmers work with led spotlights?

Isn't that round thing that you pulled off the wall the dimmer switch?

Should I try this myself as I’ve never gone any electricity work please ?

Excelent video..!

do you need special type of bulbs to use a dimmer ?

Cool I got it! Thanks for the tutorial. Rookie mistake, I drilled too strong and broke the top part of the shallow switch box inside 😅.

Thanks sr

please make a video about how to fix the light switches that is backwards ty

Some of the LED Fixtures are 0 to 10 vdc for the dimmer. They make a dimmer the hooks into this 0 to 10 circuit at the Fixture. The first On click of the light switch, the Light is on full brightness. By repeatedly turning the switch on and off, you dim the light. This way you don’t have to fish extra wires in the Walls and Ceiling, to dim these LED’s.

Thanks brother

This was a great video. I installed two LED dimmers in a mess of a box with this video. Another thing worth looking at is if this box is grounded instead of using a wire since I didn't see any grounding wires.

This was in my DIY todo list, thanks!!!

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Poor dog I liked my own commet how sad.

How do I make this happen using smart switches and/or smart bulbs?

Current State:
- Single electrical source
- Single ceiling light (dining area - open plan)
- Single switch

Future State:
- One track light system with 8 bulbs (4 bulbs dining area & and 4 bulbs living room) connected to a single source
- Each area (dining & living) are individually controlled from a single electrical source
- Double switch??

Thx

This is a great real world example of wiring a single pole dimmer switch. Better than the manufacturers with the IDEAL construction environment (lame). Being that this particular video is so effective Id imagine that an instructional video for each of Lutron's
dimmers. Not just one, but EACH dimmer they make and show us how to wire them in a real world situation. Then you'll be the greatest product video how to electrician on earth. Cheers!

You didn't go back on that last screw now its not stuck in my head

Great video. Thank you very much.

Please don't use a drill or impact while terminating wires!!!

Your videos are super helpful!

This guy sprays foam insulation into sheetrock joints, which wouldn't pass an inspection and doesn't maintain a 2 hr fire rating.

I did it!! My new switch had wires but I twisted and capped like to like and joila!! 💪

I’m doing two switches this morning. Thank you sir

Household wiring is like marriage in the antebellum south. White goes with white; black goes with black, and sometimes black goes with red.

Every time I remove a cover plate, it never is in the same configuration requiring me to search for an exception; just like a math test that always has a problem that your homework didn’t cover.

Help! A "friend" did a sheetrock job in my home. For whatever reason he moved one of the outlets. Why?😭 I do NOT want to get an electrician if I can move it back to its original place. Can I?

I have a box with two switches. It has three sets of cables coming out of the top and one set coming from the bottom. How can I determine which are load and hot wires?

Hi Jeff. Why was there two black wires and not one black and one white?

Where can I find a set of strippers?

I need to install a dimmer for my new chandelier. However the chandelier had 12 40W LED bulbs. I can't seem to find a dimmer rated for LED bulbs over 450W where I would need at least 480W. I've looked everywhere, any thoughts?

Hey Jeff, huge fan of this show, can you possibly add to this video how to install a dimmer switch when there wasn't one there before? This video is more of a "how to replace a dimmer switch with another dimmer switch"

Can someone tell me how I can use this kind of switch but with white light?

You think that ground wire is short, i have 2 seperate switches and a ground wire that won't even protrude farther than the box..fk the installer

Decent video but some tips: (i) test the volt-tester on a live outlet first and (ii) take a photo of the orig wiring before you pull everything apart.

I want to wire a shed have an outdoor 12-2 wire come into the shed wall n wire it for 2 wall outlets and 1 overhead light with a switch,do you any videos on this??

I got very twitchy when you left that top screw at the 1 oclock position instead of 12 oclock lol

Whatnif you dont a ground line

Thank you! You are helping me to feel more confident about fixing my broken dimmer switch and also the regular switch!