First you must identify the common on your dimmer, it's usually the odd
colored wire. Next, in your switch box you will see that two of the three
wires you're going to connect to the dimmer are coming from one cable, and
the third wire is coming from a separate cable. Connect that "third" wire to
the common and the other two to the wires that are left(order doesn't
matter) connect your ground and you're done. Note that the "hot" wire would
only go onto the common of the switch if you are at the "feed" side of the
system. You happen to be at the "load" side, which makes your common, the
wire that is going to the lights

"SHIRLEEN HOM" wrote in message
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In my dinning room I have two 3-way switches that control the light. I
replaced one of the 3-way switches with a 3-way dimmer (GE push on/off).
After connecting everything, the dimmer acts as a "master" switch. If the
dimmer switch is on, the other 3-way switch can turn the light on or off.
If the dimmer switch is off, the other 3-way switch has no affect and the
light stays off.

Is this how it is supposed to work? Or did I wire something incorrectly?

The dimmer has four wires grouped in two's. A black/red pair and a
black/green pair. I identified the hot wire in the box and connected it to
the black wire of the black/red pair. I then connected the red and other
black wire to the remaining two wires in the box without identifying them.
The green wire was then connected to the ground.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Rich