Hi all. I have a bathroom fan on a simple switch but wanted to upgrade it to a time. When I pulled the switch out of the wall I found one ground wire, and a singe wire with some of the sheathing removed to loop around the other terminal.
Can I cut the looped wire and connect it to the load / line on the timer? Then I connect the ground to the uncapped ground/neutral on the switch?
Edit: the advice worked.
I put the unlooped black wire with one of the black wires on the timer. I cut the black loop and tied the two wires to another black wire on the timer. I put another grounding wire on the metal box and attached it to ground. Likewise, I pigtailed the neutral bundle and connected to neutral.
It took a few tries to get the box to close correctly since the timer is so big, but it worked out! Thanks again all.
I'm only going off of the picture. I see ground wires tucked in the back of the box. The green/ground need to be tied into the other grounds. The white wire with the green sleeve on it needs to tie into the neutrals. You can pull off the green sleeve on it because it is truly a neutral.
I'm only assuming the wire with the loop on it is the line or hot. You'll need to confirm that with a voltage meter if you're not sure. You can cut that and make a pigtail to feed the switch.
The single wire looks to be the leg or the wire going to the fan. Once again, this needs to be confirmed.
Make sure all the connections are tight and the proper sized wire connectors are used.