dimmer wiring question

[rwg]

Hello all.

I've used the build a rheostat directions by Katey and Lisa three times now to build dimmer boxes. Excellent directions and the results are great. Here's what I want to do though: Instead of using a double box, I want to use a triple and wire two dimmers into one outlet. One to the top plug, and one to the bottom, so I can use one box for every two cages.

Now, I know there are separate wiring screws for the upper and lower plugs, and I know that there's a tab shorting them together that I have to break off on each side to separate the circuits. What I dont know is how to wire them from one power cord. Do I split the hot, negative and grounds, and wire each dimmer/plug circuit parallel to each other? That'd be my guess since if I do them in series, I'll have both plugs wired to both dimmers. Hmmm...maybe I've answered my own question. Any electrical guys care to comment?

rg

[BoidKeeper]

What about wire a dimmer into an extension cord with three outlets. That's what I do now. Will this help?
Cheers,
Trevor

[crazyboy]

well you break the tabs. then connect both dimmers to the power from the cord. Then also connect one dimmer to the top and one to the bottom in the outlet. Here the balck wire is the power wire coming in the red is hot, the gray is nuetral , and the green is ground.



also you could wire two seperate power wires coming in.