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i know a thing or two about switches
the green wire should be in the bundle os bare wires in the back of the box.
if possible, position the dimmer towards the outside of the box and don't clip off the tabs on the side, the act as a heatsink
all dimmers tend to get warm, they should be sized to the load, i hope you got a 600w dimmer as a 300w may not be able to handle the load. to figure the load count the number of lights this switch works and multiply by the wattage of the lamps.
an old idea about the green wire was that the metal yoke and the 6/32 screws were sufficent to ground the switch if the box was properly grounded, now just put the green wire in with the bundle of bare wires
i hope this helps
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Chris
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