Smart Replace Dimmer Switch With Standard Switch

Unscrew and remove the switch plate.

Replace dimmer switch with standard switch. Loosen the screw that holds the grounding wire to the switch and remove the dimmer switch from the switch box. The black wire to the lone screw on the 3 way light switch. I want to replace a dimmer switch with a single throw switch.

Can anyone inform me how difficult this is to do. Richard from the information you have provided yes when replacing a standard dimmer switch with a single switch simply install the single switch and connect the wires to the switch terminals. Next using a pair of needle nose pliers wrap the bare ground wire around the green screw at the bottom of the new standard switch.

It is the type of dimmer with one switch which you touch to turn on and off and you keep your finger on it to change the brightness. I have been trying to replace a double dimmer switch with a double standard switch but not having any luck. Then use a voltage tester to make sure that the circuit is dead.

Unscrew the switch from the electrical box and pull it out with the wires still attached. Test the dimmer switch that you d like to replace to be sure that it no longer has power. Secure it by tightening the screw then attach the traveler and or common wires from the switch box to the screws at the sides of the new switch in the same manner.

Unscrew the two screws that hold the dimmer switch in the gang box and carefully pull it out. The dimmer switch has a black white wire and ground. How to change a dimmer switch to a normal switch warning.

The typical connections are as follows. Turn off the power to the switch at the circuit or fuse panel. A blue a brown b blue b brown c brown c black c grey.