How To Install Feit Dimmer Switch Wifi Light Switch From Costco
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- Опубліковано 31 гру 2020
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In this video we teach you how to install the Feit smart dimmer switch. The Feit wifi smart dimmer connects directly to your wifi network and allows you to remotely control your lighting from your phone.
Once the Feit wifi smart dimmer is connected you can remotely control it from the Feit app to turn on and off your lights or set the dimming levels. It's also compatible with Alexa, Google Home and Siri (HomeKit) voice assistants meaning that you can also control your lighting with voice commands including turning your lights on or off and dimming them with voice commands.
The Fiet dimmer switch does require a neutral wire for installation. Most homes built after 1980 will have a neutral in the switch box but not all homes do. Some homes built before 1980 may still have a neutral wire in the switch box but it's a lower % than homes built after 1980 because of a change in building codes in the 1980's.
When installing the Feit wifi dimmer switch when you are connecting the device to wifi it's important to note that it will only connect to 2.4GHZ networks. So if you have a dual band router, you will either need to make sure that you connect to the 2.4GHZ network or temporarily disable the 5GHZ network while you connect the smart light switch. The Feit smart dimmer is not compatible with 5GHZ networks but most 5GHZ routers also have a 2.4GHZ network.
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I purchased the smart Fiet dimmer switch from Costco but it is also available as a 2 pack online at amazon: amzn.to/3aYW4f3
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This took me a week to finally get working. Here are the things I missed in hopes that it will help you. 1. I needed to go to Home Depot and buy a roll of white wire. I needed 14 gauge. But you might need 12 gauge. If you aren’t sure, buy 12. 2. Make sure your wire nut can handle all the white wires together. 3. The two black wires might need to be switched, so if you aren’t getting power one way, try switching them. Apparently on a normal single pole switch it doesn’t matter so sometimes the load wire and the hot wire are attached backwards. Hope that helps anyone else struggling with this!
Thank you Sir. I had to switch my two black wires to get power in.
@@petea7592 I knew I wouldn’t be the only one. Glad I could help!
Had same issue with mine. So strange, swapped them and it worked. Glad you made this comment!
@@frankie4thewin Glad I could help!
Exactly my problem. Thank you!
Thank you. I purchased these smart switches at Costco worried about not having the neutral wire. I did exactly what you did and it worked. Please keep making great videos like this one.
I've never done electrical. You made this project easy. Thank you for the detailed installation explanation. I had to add extra neutral wire like you did in the video. I was scared, but I did it thanks to you 👏
I don't have the extra neutral wire, is it something you can find online or stores?
This is as close to perfect explanation as one can give. Congrats 👏 👏 👏 I loved your delivery!
awesome video! Exactly what I was looking for.... WAY better than the "official" FEIT Electric Video
Glad I could help, and thank you again!
Thanks for providing clear and comprehensive instructions, this saves money and time.
Thank you for providing me with clear and understandable directions.
Thank you so much for such a wonderful video and very detailed about what kinds of wires to connect and saved me from calling an electrician. More than anything I did not need to return is back. Thank you for good tip about how to find neutral wire!
Very well done and organized video. My only caveat, to place the switch in pairing mode you need only press and hold for 10 seconds on the on/off switch. thats far easier than running back to your panel and throwing the breaker.
Your video was really amazing and helpful , we could install it after two days of trying hard just because of your perfect crystal clear video . Thank you so very much.it was very helpful 🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great instruction!! I was able to get this working with a ceiling fan. Thank you!!🙏🏾
Very helpful. Made it as clear and simple as possible. Thank you, god bless you.
Thanks for the video - it was a life (or at least sanity) saver.
I have one additional piece of advice for people installing FEIT switches into a multi-gang box. In my 3-gang box, there old switches did not use the neutral (white) wires so all of the white wires (seven total) were twisted into one giant bundle. Your video saved me from the impossible (for me) task of figuring out which of the white wires to use. The problem not addressed in your video was that the bundle of wire was already so big that I could not manage to get three more into it! After several attempts, I eventually decided to add just one more short piece of 14-guage wire to the giant bundle. I then twisted the other end of that wire with three more short connector wires so that I had one for each of the three FEIT dimmers that I installed in the box.
Worked fine and allowed me to continue without trying to bend that giant bundle of wires. As I am sure you know, a bundle of seven 14-Guage wires is REALLY hard to bend. Best to just leave them at the back of the box.
Ken, I'm thinking of using these switches, but I also have multi-gang boxes (2 gang). Are the 2 gang faceplates a standard size I can get at the hardware store?
Thank you very much! Your explanation the Simply the Best.
Didn't have a neutral in the wall, so I ran a wire from the AC-N and screwed to the metal junction box. This did the trick. Now it works like a charm.
Thank you for this video. Really made it clear and easy. 🙏
Thank you. Very easy to understand.
Awesome explanation.. your really good at explaining stuffs
Thank you very much for the help! this was so helpful!!!!
super helpful. Thank you
Thank you🙏 the video helped me so much we were struggling before your video 👍😃
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Great video.... THANK YOU
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amazing video, thank you!!
Great video! Thanks.
Really good video, only thing I would change is to put the light switch on a guess network
Thanks for the video
Your video helped me to install this switch. The Feit instructions or videos did not help at all. The neutral wire part was what I needed to be successful. Thank you.
you were good. Thank you
Great job
Awesome explanation. This was my first time doing electric switch replacement and I was able to replace existing on/off switch with feit smart dimmer and understand the wiring. Mine had three white all connected together and three Black wires one hot chained with another outlet and one black going Load (Load here is light fixture). I was very careful with wiring and turned off the breaker during the wiring. Thank you very much for excellent video.
Great video (and your series are awesome too.
I have installed all of my connections identically to yours (just like the instructions that came with the unit). AND: The unit powers up, all indicator lights come on and it's synced up with the FEIT App...But my lights will not come on? Is there something simple I am missing?
• Our home was built in 1994 and there is a neutral wire. • One room has 4 standard incandescent lights (single pole) (in a 2-gang box) • The other room is single pole, one dimmable LED light. (in a 4 gang box).
Note: I have done this configuration in two separate rooms (separate switches) and get the same result.
Fingers crossed you have an idea. Cheers!
Thanks!
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Thank you
Thanks for watching and your support!
Question if I don’t have the tied wire to connect to AC-in will not work?
This is helpful, but I stuck trying to figure out the neutral wire on a 3 way with a dimmer and switch on the same circuit.
This shows you how: ua-cam.com/video/9wplTWkHikE/v-deo.html
Is there a video using the 3 way configuration? Looking at using a regular switch on one end that has power coming in and then connecting the smart switch on other end. WiFi control still works with that, right? Appreciate it if someone can share what I may be missing or need to consider to have 3 way with switch and this smart dimmer , using the WiFi to set timer, remote on/off, etc. Thanks!
I only have a hot wire and neutral how should I pig tail the hot wire and connect it the load ?
Very helpful! The instruction that come with it make it seem that you should put both parts of the ground and neutral into the switch but it didn't work for me. Using the wire nut with a single ground and single neutral into the top hole for each in the switch worked great. Was also weird that the live was on the rose gold across from the load instead of the brass below the load
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What is the AWG of the extra neutral wire?
What happens if you swap the load wire and the hot wire?
I do have a single pole switch in a bedroom with two ground of wires from the top and one from the bottom. I'll keep the three grounds and three neutrals together but what about the three live wires? I assume I should wire nut two of them but don't know what to group as the hot vs load
I've got the same issue. Three wires. I can wire it so that it stays on, but the switch won't turn it off.
I have several of these switches in my house however two of the rooms that have them, when I turn the lights on or off they fade off where the other rooms they turn on an off instantly. I am not sure why. On the app I use the two rooms that fade have a icon under it that is a circle that’s half black half white. Would you know why by any chance why they fade? I want to get that on all the switches
Very helpful. Where can I get the white wire that you’re holding? Can I use the existing white wire at back and connect directly to the switch?
Buy the white wire at Home Depot. I needed 14 gauge.
Can you please help to understand how to connect Feit Dimmer switch with a dumb 2-way switch?
When I replaced it with my one of 2-way dumb switch in existing fixtures. Feit Dimmer switch is acting like master switch and other 2-way switch is acting as single pole only.
Do you have a 3 way switch using same dimmer?
I wish I can find a video installing the same switch but with aluminum wiring.
So I originally installed the switch in my dining room to the fan light combo had a power outage and now when I turn it off the LED lights only dim
And do not turn completely off what could have happened
How do you wire 2 Feit dimmers in the same junction box? One powers a pendent and the other, dimmable overhead LED pucks. I have a line and 2 load wires, 3 neutral wires, and 3 ground wires. I can only get 1 to work at a time and the neutral for the line and load have to be connected to the same switch. I tried jumping a black wire from the load side of the working switch to the loade side of the other switch. There is no indication of power on the 2nd switch. Help!
How do we dim it without the phone? Which buttons?
Is the package come with neutral wire ?
Hi I have 3 black (one hot fixed to the old switch, and a 2nd inserted into the old switch beside the hot, and a 3rd load wire) what do I do with the 2nd black wire please?
You connect the 2nd wire beside hot to hot as well. you most likely have 2 hot, check with multimeter if you want to be 100% sure.
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I followed all your instructions, and the light works correctly, the app works, but the Dimmer does not, you think it is something that I did not do well or the switch does not work correctly, the lights are compatible with this switch
Could you please help to identify what size neutral wire you added and link possibly?
It’s probably 14 gauge. It could also be 12. If you aren’t sure, use 12. Answering for those like myself who struggled with this same question.
I've never worked with electricity. You made this project simple. Thank you for the thorough installation instructions. I only have one question for you: my old switch has one red wire. 1 is black and 1 is green. Not two black. What exactly is the red wire?
Have the same issue, were you able to installed it? Thanks in advantage
like your vids but you need way more light on that black side of the outlet , could see any thing
Hello, I have installed the dimmer and all work fine but I would like to know if you can disable the white power light as it is very bright at night time, Thanks Chris.
Have you figured this out? Does the light go away after configuring it for wifi?
Can I just take and use one of the neutral wire and cover the remaining with wire cap..instead of having extra wire coming from the group of neutral wires?
Connect all white wires together with a wire nut
My switch is connected to neutral wire but there is no ground wire. What should I do in That case?
That’s how I wired mine. The wifi light turned on, but when I tried turning the light on I heard a pop and the light switch was fried. I tried it again with another switch and it fried again. Any ideas?
Why would my two neutral wires start smoking and hissing if everything was done correctly and secured?
Can I untangle and use the existing bundle of white wires? Not add a new white pigtail?
Yes
I've got a total of 3 wires coming into the box. Before all of the black were together and all the white were together. Not a defined line/load. I've tried all numbers of wiring and I can wire it so the lights are on, but they are constantly on and the switch will not turn them off.
I am having the same issue. Did you figure yours out ?
You only connect a single ground wire and a single neutral wire to the dimmer, however the instruction manual has 2 ground wires and 2 neutral wires going into the dimmer. Any reason for that difference? Thanks!
The manual is showing you maintaining a continuous circuit with the neutral wires and a continuous circuit with ground wires. In this video we do that but we complete the circuit using the wire nuts wired in the box with the neutral wires wired together in a bundle with a wire nut and the ground wires wired together in a bundle with a wire nut. We then use a single extension wire from each bundle of wires to the terminals on the light switch. This allows us to wire the device using wire loops on the side rather than back wiring the device.
Darn sounds easy, but after opening up the existing switch you can't tell which one is load and which one is line?? both are on brass nuts on switch and both come into box from the top,, so how do you tell which one goes where??
get a contactless current detector like www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-Non-contact-Tester-with-Screw-driver-NCS-8904R/206177753 remove the switch plate cover and with the switch in the off position, test for current on either wire. Only one wire should show current, that is your hot, or line/source/supply, the other will be your load. Turn off the breaker before you do anything else. then test again to be sure nothing is hot before proceeding. remove old switch marking wires appropriately and proceed. Hire an electrician if unsure.
Normally, the line coming from the bottom of the blue box goes to your breaker, and the lines running out of the top go to your light bulbs. If they are both coming out of the top, then you need to use a voltmeter and figure out where the electricity is coming from with the breaker on.
I am building a theater room and I installed two of these dimmers from Costco. One controls the room lights and the other controls the screen lights. When I turned the breaker back on the switch for the screen lights works fine. There is something wrong with the switch for the room lights. The lights came on but the switch won't respond for turning the lights off or dimming the lights. The lights are stuck on. I double checked my wiring and everything looks OK. Any help is appreciated.
Neutral hooked up? load is black lug not hot.
I have same issue. Neutral hooked up and load is black. Any help?
Would it work without the Ground wire? Thanks
Yes
will it work in older situations without a neutral?
or a neutral is required
Neutral required for dimmer switch with WIFI. It will not work without neutral wire.
Can you hook a Feit Smart Dimmer in a 4 way switch application?
I've never tried it in a 4 way application but it does work in 3 way configuration.
This shows you 3 way: ua-cam.com/video/9wplTWkHikE/v-deo.html
@@OneHourSmartHome Are you working on a 4 way switch video?
one question.. do I must have ground connect to it in order for it to work? in my existing witch the ground (copper wire ) is not connected, Thank you!
It's best to because if there is a power surge. The ground directs it to the ground rod for the house. If there is no ground it could cause a fire because the extra energy will be released elsewhere
I installed two smart feit switches in 2 gangs. but one light is still ON even I turn my switch off. how can I fix the issue?
i have the same problem, hope someone can help
Hi, i bought this Fiet Dimmer from Costco, it doesn't turn off the LEDs completely, although i have installed it with a neutral. is there a solution to it? Or u can suggest a switch that will fix the issue but won't break my bank. Thanks u are awesome
I just had the same thing. On a set of FEIT lights it works well but it is not in another room with other brand lights. I think it is a compatibility issue. It depends on how your light handles the off current. I am still looking for another one. I feel it should be something that has a smaller minimum load requirement.
Can it still work on a light bulb that is not dimmable?
I tried and it did not work with a bulb that was not dimmable
Wow they sure don’t make it easy to update a simple light switch do they? Your video is great though. Wish me luck….
The age of the house isnt the defining factor for neutral in box. Its the way the fixture is powered. Ideally the line from the breaker comes to the switch first (with a white in the box under a nut) then to fixture.
But sometimes the power goes to the fixture first then to switch. The switch has 2 black (usually a black and a white taped or marked black) and breaks that line. Totally common and safe.
Easiest solution is a Wi-Fi lightbulb if the fixture will take it.
Maybe in the future there will be an in fixture add on device to make these Wi-Fi switchable as power goes there first.
I don’t know why my switch box has 3 neutrals and 3 grounds inside. Don’t know which one should I use😂
My old switch has 1 red wire. 1 black and 1 white. Not 2 black. What is the red wire?
Trying to figure out the same thing
Turned out it was a 3 way switch. We ended up returning it as after finally installing it, it requires 2.4 wifi which is unavailable in our area.
@@stappm How were you able tu installed it? I do have wifi 2.4 but have only 3 cables (red, green and black). When I installed light start flickering, I start the troubleshooting but no results. I wonder if Im installing the cables wrong.
We only have two wires, white and black. Also just getting flickering. Did you figure anything out?
What if you don’t have a ground wire?
Yes. Mine did.
I set up these switches in my house but for some reason all the switches don't turn on at 100% even though it shows 100%. I have ability to click up and it gets brighter. Does anyone know how to fix this?
The switch is programmed to self regulated by the app. You can manually override it physically at the switch.
I installed this but now the lights won’t turn off completely. When the switch is turned off it’s still dimly lit. Any pointers?
Did you ever figure this problem out? I'm having the same issue and trying to find an easy fix.
Except I have two red two black a ground and 3 neutral lol
Anyone have a problem with a false 100% dimming level? The app says 100%, but if I press the button on the switch to increase the brightness, it goes up to the true 100% level. Furthermore, the fake 100% level makes the lights flicker
I'm facing this same issue. Did you ever resolve this?
I see all the fingers
Crap. This doesn't work properly at all. I'm not able to program it and it doesn't recognize my 2.4 Ghz wifi. I purchased a pack of 3 from Costco and the screw plate (to hold each wire) bent very easily. This is not a safe product. Return immediately
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Product is garbage
my light switch only has 2 wires white and black inside a metal box. how would i go about wiring this light switch in?