Connection to neutral options?

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Connection to neutral options?
Connection to neutral options?
2020-09-03 03:57:14
Model: HS220  
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Required Neutral for HS220 smart dimming switch?

If a switch box does not have the power feed going through it then it doesn't have a neutral.  If it functions as a switch to some light fixture then it is just interupting another power source before that power can travel through the light fixture and back to neutral.  If such a switch box is grounded through the grounding conductor, and since the ground and neutral terminate at the same location in the breaker panel, Why not just connect the HS220 smart switch neutral to the ground wire and the load and line to the hot and return wires.  

Or, can/should a separate neutral wire be run from any close by neutral to the switch box to allow a HS220 connection.

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Re:Connection to neutral options?
2020-09-03 18:45:27

@DaybyDay 

 

If there are only two wires then we do not recommend installing the switch, rather seek professional assistance to see about rewiring to get the three wires needed to install.

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Re:Connection to neutral options?
2020-09-13 01:20:37

@DaybyDay 

NO!!  You should never energize a ground wire.  That creates a hazard along the entire pathway back to to main panel. Maybe a shock, maybe a fire...

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