Originally Posted by
Fookington
Hello, I just got my Caseta from the mail, and I opened the light switch in one of the bedrooms that I want to use it on, and found a strange form of wiring. I have a 2 gang light switch where the left switch seems to have no function. It doesn't even control the closest outlets in the lower half of the same wall. It seems like the electrician that wired this house originally intended to install a ceiling fan and have the lights wired to it, but had a change of heart.
Inspecting it, I noticed that the switches share the same ground wire on each of it's respective terminal screw on the bottom left. The hot wires seems to have their own separate wiring on the bottom right terminal screws, and from what I can tell, the load has it's own wiring as well.
This brings a few questions:
First, should I install the caseta switch to just control the light? Or is there a specific product for this?
Second, would it be a good idea to remove the light switch intended for the (what I think may have been) ceiling fan, then reinstall it as before with the caseta switch in place of the original switch?
Third, should I just treat the left light switch like a 3 way switch, and rewire the left switch to a wire nut and call it a day?
Sorry for the convoluted description. I am not a professional electrician, so I am not sure if the way I describe it is of any use to anyone. I am willing to provide pictures if it helps. Thanks for the advice.