Electrical Question

[sodfather]

46 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

So I Bought a new switch at HD that is no neutral required. However, it has 4 wires. It says to attach 2 to the box, cap 1 one and then I’m left with the green ground wire which it says to attach to grounding screw. But my gangplate box doesn’t have this screw and previous switch didn’t need. Is it possible to use this switch or not? Can I just cap the green also and not connect to anything?


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Don't need the ground 

[CoffeeBoy]

You could just connect a regular single pole switch and manually turn the post on and off until you can get someone out there.

Any idea if the lamp post has a photocell which would shut the light off when the sun comes up.

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[BizCT]

Don't need the ground 

Thx. I didn’t use and all appears to be working fine. When I checked wiring inside lamppost in pouring rain under an umbrella, I didn’t see any moisture but now thinking back, the day it stopped working we got snow and wind. But today it poured all day and seems to be fine.


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[BizCT]

The far left is the new one


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[sodfather]

Probably fine cancel the electrician just keep an eye on it . 

[BizCT]

Probably fine cancel the electrician just keep an eye on it . 

I still need an electrician for some exterior work so whenever that happenS, I’ll have them just check this stuff


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