"seven" wrote in message
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I connect the hot to the switch. Then connected another small peice of
black cable to the same bolt as the hot. Then pigtailed it to one of
the other black wires

Not a good idea to attach two wires to the same "bolt" on the switch. The
"other black wire" should be pigtailed together with the hot and then the
pigtail used to make the connection to the switch.