Light Switch Wiring Common Terminal. The ground terminal screw is showing up as silver-colored at the. How to wire a single pole light switch, in this video we look at how a single pole light switch works and the different ways to wire a light circuit.
Changing the light switch is a simple and inexpensive DIY project.
This is so they line up with the switch terminals, like pictured.
Light B switch does nothing (both travelers are connected as is the the white to common). All they do is turn a light on and off. The simplest and most common light switch is actually referred to by hardware dealers and electricians as a "single-pole light switch." A single-pole switch has two brass terminal screws on the side that receive the black ("hot") wires of the circuit.