I am installing a 3-way switch. using GE 12722 and 12733 in the box where the Line (master)switch goes there are all the wires I need Line,jumper wire,etc see picture.
but where the ADD-ON switch goes I am missing the bundled white wire where I am suppose to install the pigtail white wire that comes with the kit
Something is missing… Can you put up a picture of all wires in the main box?
Your add on box doesn’t go anywhere, so there’s no need to tie those two together nor to send the load to that box.
My hunch is that the original main box has the power source (2 plus ground), the wire to the second switch (3 plus ground) and the wire to the load (2 plus ground). This would mean the original switch would send the two traveler wires and return one load wire, and that load wire that came back would be joined to the light load. Thus, to change it to the GE configuration, you would disconnect the original load wire and plug that into the switch, then only use the neutral and traveler wire to send to the add on switch. But first, let’s see everything in the main box…
By looking at the wiring config. From this site. Which wiring option is your wiring or are you just guessing? Sometime it helps to also post picture of the old switches still hookup in the circuit. GE smart switches won’t work if you have option 3,5,6,7 and 8.
I see you have a 2 gangbox with neutral and line hot but is the load wire on the new GE smart switch connected to a common screw on the old switch?
in the picture you provided where the add on switch is going there is a bundle of wires colored white, you are suppose to use the little white white wire and connect to that bundle but as you can see in the 1st picture there is no bundle of white wires in that box
actually looking at it further it is not correct. in option 9 the power comes in from the same box that it goes out to the light… in my scenario the power comes in to the main box ( where the GE 12722 master switch) is installed, and where the addon switch goes that box is where the lights are connected to…
this is a pic of the box where the main switch is located, it is put here because the instructions say put where the power comes in. it is wire exactly as the instructions say.
this is a pic of the bottom of the stairs where the other switch is located and where the add-onn switch goes and these wires go to the light…
P.S sorry these are not on the same post and why it is confusing to some, I am new and the website will not allow me to post more than one pic at a time
this pic shows where i drew lines that show what I am talking about
sorry again but this website will only allow me to post a certain amount of post in 24 hour period so i am forced to edit my previous post to communicate
Ok, I still need a bit more clarity about what is connected to what, but here is what I think -
This is your hot source.
This bundle of wires (3+ground) goes to your add-on outlet (I can tell for sure that the red and white go to it).
I suspect this to be a wire nut that contains the hot that goes to the light plus the black line that goes to 2. I can’t tell from the picture - can you confirm this? For the one that goes to the light, I expect the neutral from that lead to be in the white bundle.
Ninja Edit - Do you have a multimeter that you can use to confirm this with?
Ok after some digging around I have concluded that I have option 9!
the reason is in the main 4 gang box, where the master or main GE switch is located (not the add-on) there you see the power comming in, also the the wire with the red, copper, white, black goes the the switch down stairs where i want to add the add-on. also in that 4 gang box there is another wire that only has black, white and copper, this goes to the lights. in that same 4 gang box one BLACK wire from the lights is tied with a red wire nut to the black wire that is going down to the 1 gang box at the bottom of the stairs
this leads me to conclude that it matches the diagram number 4 you guys provided
so know that we figured out which diagram I have can I be helped?
Hi everyone,
I have the same issue, with the Neutral wire only in the main box.
From the diagrams list posted by @Navat604 , I believe I have option 4.
Any way I can make this work?
Thanks in advance!
Can you post pictures of the wires in the two boxes? Saying “I believe” doesn’t give me a high level of confidence that you know what you’re looking at.
For option 4, it looks like it could be done, but you would need to do some wiring adjustments up in the lights to make it work. I can post my best guess set of steps once we confirm you have number 4. Do you have a multimeter?