Good evening everyone. I hope y'all can help because I'm a novice.I recently installed this ceiling light from Home Depot in the kitchen and it's been working great.I bought this dimmer switch from Amazon with admittedly little knowledge on the subject. It seemed alright and I hoped it'd work.Below are some pictures I took of the new and existing switches -Close up of new switch's wiresClose up of the side of the new switch's sideClose up of the back of the old switchShot of the electrical box's rats nestI connected the existing blue wire (which I believe to ground - it was connected to "common" on the old switch) to the new switch's green wire.I then randomly connected the orange wires to the new switch's black and red wire. I left the one with the 3-pole label alone (didn't cap it either).I'm not getting any power to the ceiling lamp once everything is wired up in the above config. Of note is the ceiling lamp has a switch on either side of the kitchen. They don't necessarily work independently of each other: I can flip one of them and the light turns on, and then flip the other and it turns off. Both switches are capable of being in on-and-off positions relative to the other. Let me know if I need to clarify. After replacing the old switch the light works again so nothing is "broken".I don't know what to say about the black and white wires in the electrical box. It's a condo in Miami built in 1983. I tried Googling "new dimmer switch doesn't turn on" but didn't feel comfortable with the search results.My questions: am I connecting everything correctly, and if so did I simply buy the wrong dimmer? Does the issue look beyond a novice's skillset and I should hire an electrician?Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this and is kind enough to respond.edit 1: I believe the orange/red and blue wires coming out of the box are 14 gauge copper. The wires coming out of the new switch are composed of a bunch of little silver wires/fibers. I twisted them together and capped them. I connected the orange wires just one way. I didn't reconnect them in an opposite fashion.edit 2: I messed around with the little adjustment wheel but it had no effect. Also toggled the secondary switch in the kitchen but the light didn't turn on. via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/358mGXW
