Posted: 12/6/2015 10:09:40 PM EDT
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I've been swapping out switches and outlets in a few rooms that we painted. I've got one 3-way switch that is now giving me fits. If one of the switches is in the down position, the other switch will not turn on the light. I thought when I swapped them, I had everything wired correctly, but apparently not.
I figured I'd start from the beginning with these two switches, so I installed a couple of the old switches that have the 'common' terminal marked. Here's what I've done so far: 1. I found the hot wire coming in, I'll call this switch 'A'. I installed the hot onto the common terminal. Hooked up the ground, then installed the other two wires. 2. Found the hot wire coming in on switch 'B'. Hooked it up to the common terminal, hooked up ground, then hooked up the other two wires. When switch 'B' is in the down position, the lights are off, and switch A will not turn them on. When switch 'B' is in the up position, I can turn the lights on and off with switch 'A'. I figured I had the traveler wires wrong, so I swapped them on switch 'B'. Same problem. So I swapped them on switch 'A'. Same problem I can't figure out what else I could have done. Any ideas? |
| Your travelers position is irrelevant, you need to make sure you have the "hot" that is going to the light on the "common" of the switch, and the line side hot going to the common of the other switch. You probably have one of the "hots" mixed up with a traveler. |