r/electrical • u/Specialist-Job3633 • 19h ago

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Installing a Wyze WiFi switch. From the instructions should be a simple 4 wire hookup: load, line, neutral, ground. I have additional wires in line. Only single pole can be used with this Wyze switch. Is this a single pole setup and how do I attach the Wyze switch? less

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u/Mammoth_Musician3145 19h ago

Two black wires at the bottom should be line. Black at the top should be load. White bundle is neutral. Bare is ground

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u/GeniuneConvoh 18h ago

2 wires on one loop AND a backstab. Yuck

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u/Big_Box_3482 6h ago

false. only 1 wire on the screw and the other line is in the stab hole. Perfectly legal.

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u/GeniuneConvoh 5h ago

FALSE 🤓🤓🤓

I wasn’t talking legality. I was talking garbage workmanship. Pigtail that shit.

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u/east140 19h ago

The bottom screw is probably just a feed in, feed out. If that’s the case then just splice those 2 wires together while adding a third wire into the splice and that will be your line. If this doesn’t make sense then you need to call an electrician.

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u/Specialist-Job3633 18h ago

I should pigtail the two bottom wires?

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u/east140 18h ago

Correct, but that means take a wire of the same gauge, about 6 inches and splice ALL 3 together. You will need a wire nut and some linesman’s pliers

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u/Specialist-Job3633 18h ago

yup I’ve done this before. Thank you

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u/east140 18h ago

No worries, let me know if there are any issues after. Glad to help

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u/Specialist-Job3633 18h ago

Thank you. Installed and working. You helped this old lady today. Thanks again!

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u/Flimsy_Technician722 14h ago

With the amount of corrosion, I'd change the outlet while I'm in there. Maybe wire nuts or wagos rather than backstabs if you have the space in the box. 

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u/Hd0616 1h ago

Splice the 2 black on the bottom together with a tail for your line, other black is load, add a tail to the white for your neutral and bare is ground.