Switch & NL wiring

[Alwayslearningelec]

Hello,. My foreman is having a bit of a hard time figuring out how to wire this switch for (1) normal light and (1) night light fixture.
Again, there are (2) fixture being controlled by this switch. One of them is nigh light fixture. He's an old school guy not use to these lighting controls.

 

[ptonsparky]

Use the center diagram and that model. I would use the neutral that you have available.

 

[Alwayslearningelec]

Use the center diagram and that model. I would use the neutral that you have available.

They only specified the dsw-301. Your saying we’d need the dsw-302??

 

[ptonsparky]

They only specified the dsw-301. Your saying we’d need the dsw-302??

Yes, if you want that one switch body to control both. Otherwise two of the 301.

 

[Electromatic]

On the jobs I've done, a "night light" fixture is one that is always on--not switched.

 

[Krusscher]

On the jobs I've done, a "night light" fixture is one that is always on--not switched.

Yeah I don't really see why a night light would be so easily switched as it will surely be turned off every time someone shuts the other lights off on this switch. The most I would do with night lights is label a breaker rated for switching incase someone needed to work on them or wanted to shut them off for a long holiday or something.

 

[d0nut]

If it isn't an unswitched night light but really an emergency egress light, you could control both lights from a single switch. If the emergency egress light had an integral battery, you would need to provide an unswitched hot to the battery and could switch the "normal" function of the light from a single switch with the normal lighting. If the emergency egress lighting has a separate source, like an inverter or generator, you would need a UL 924 relay to be able to control it with the normal lighting.

 

[LarryFine]

They only specified the dsw-301. Your saying we’d need the dsw-302??

I say the 301. This is no different than using a standard switch.

As I see it, the night light is simply wired ahead of the switch (black and neutral), and the switched light is wired after it (red and neutral).

 

[Krusscher]

I say the 301. This is no different than using a standard switch.

As I see it, the night light is simply wired ahead of the switch (black and neutral), and the switched light is wired after it (red and neutral).

Yeah but in OP he said they are both controlled by the switch.

 

[LarryFine]

Yeah but in OP he said they are both controlled by the switch.

I know, but as Electromatic said, night lights are normally unswitched.

Now, if the intention is either-or switching, a simple 3-way switch would suffice.

 

[ptonsparky]

There are enough options given, now they just need to pick one.

I always switched night lights in residential

Commercial or industrial, On 24/7.