Pd-6ans

On the advice of Lutron, I purchased this switch in order to be able to add a Pico inside my garage. Currently the only way to turn on the garage lights is from inside the house. I have 3 four foot long fluorescent fixtures that have 2 bulbs each, so a total of 6 bulbs. The ballast label says the input current is 1 amp, so I would assume it is 3 amps for the 3 fixtures together . I installed the switch in a 4 gang box - it's the third so I had to remove all metal tabs. I wire nutted the blue wire, identified with a voltage meter which black wire should connect to the red wire, connected the other 2 black wires together, and all white wires were connected together in the box. I cannot get this switch to work. If I pull out and push in the FASS and repeat and repeat and repeat, it might come on. If I turn it off with the switch I have to start all over again, the on button will do nothing. Did I do something wrong here? Lutron has already replaced this switch after I contacted them thinking it was defective, but the new one does exactly the same thing.

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Originally Posted by clthomas3

On the advice of Lutron, I purchased this switch in order to be able to add a Pico inside my garage. Currently the only way to turn on the garage lights is from inside the house. I have 3 four foot long fluorescent fixtures that have 2 bulbs each, so a total of 6 bulbs. The ballast label says the input current is 1 amp, so I would assume it is 3 amps for the 3 fixtures together . I installed the switch in a 4 gang box - it's the third so I had to remove all metal tabs. I wire nutted the blue wire, identified with a voltage meter which black wire should connect to the red wire, connected the other 2 black wires together, and all white wires were connected together in the box. I cannot get this switch to work. If I pull out and push in the FASS and repeat and repeat and repeat, it might come on. If I turn it off with the switch I have to start all over again, the on button will do nothing. Did I do something wrong here? Lutron has already replaced this switch after I contacted them thinking it was defective, but the new one does exactly the same thing.

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Just to confirm...

Power should be coming in on the black wire. If the power continues on to another box you may have 2 or more wires connected to the black wire on the dimmer.

The wire going up to the lights should be on the red wire.

You must connect the neutral/white wire.

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Originally Posted by randyc

Just to confirm... Power should be coming in on the black wire. If the power continues on to another box you may have 2 or more wires connected to the black wire on the dimmer. The wire going up to the lights should be on the red wire. You must connect the neutral/white wire.

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I connected the wire that read 124 volts on the voltage tester to the red wire. I connected the other black one, it said a few millivolts, to the black wire. I connected the white wire to all of the other white wires in the box as they were all wirenutted together.

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Originally Posted by clthomas3

I connected the wire that read 124 volts on the voltage tester to the red wire. I connected the other black one, it said a few millivolts, to the black wire. I connected the white wire to all of the other white wires in the box as they were all wirenutted together.

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Black is power in so the 124v should connect to the black.

Thank you. Got it and it's working.