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All three legs of my dimmer are hot?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

If the hot is connected to the supply and it is turned on and the switch is turned on and the neutral not connected this could be quite true. Connect the neutral to the supply neutral and shut the switch off. Now the only reading that you should get is the hot supply.

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