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Aug 8, 2020 at 17:03 comment added Ed Beal I find it amazing that all the comments repeat the answer with multiple votes on the comment but not the answer.
Aug 8, 2020 at 2:41 comment added Ecnerwal If they are simple dimmers that do not need neutral, you're set. You do not have Neutral at this box, at all - which is perfectly normal for older wiring with a switch loop. Eventually there was a code change that put an end to switch loops in new (code compliant) installs. You do still need to re-mark that white wire with a "hot color" (black red orange yellow blue purple or brown) - not gray or green.
Aug 8, 2020 at 2:03 comment added dfitzgerald @Ecnerwal I see, thanks for the clarification. That makes sense. So then is there any reason I can't convert the current setup to the one I described in my question?
Aug 8, 2020 at 1:49 comment added Ecnerwal To clarify, I hope, or muddy - Hot is hot from the power source. Switched Hot is from a switch (connected to hot) to a Load, and Neutral is from the other side of the load back to the power source (panel.) The current flows through hot, and switched hot, and the load, and neutral - but the "transition from hot to neutral" takes place at the load, NOT at a switch.
Aug 8, 2020 at 1:38 comment added ThreePhaseEel @dfitzgerald -- they're the switched-hots, so of course they won't show up as live when the switch is off
Aug 8, 2020 at 1:25 comment added dfitzgerald Are you sure the red and black must be hot? I don't detect any current running through them when the switches are off.
Aug 8, 2020 at 1:05 history answered Ed Beal CC BY-SA 4.0