Re: Electrical 3 way help
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Vinke
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Sometimes it will be a black that they stripped from a bundle. If should be identified with e tape if it is s done to code
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Re: Electrical 3 way help
[Re: Jacks]
#8625094
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Vinke
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The breaker box has nothing to do with a 3 way except for power
Last edited by Vinke; Yesterday at 11:15 PM.
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Re: Electrical 3 way help
[Re: Jacks]
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Shakeyjake
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It should be pretty straight forward with google & the instructions with the switch. What the heck’s a Lutron Diva? I know sometimes these fancy dimmer switches just don’t work, even the type of LED bulb can screw things up. Seen it in brand new houses during final inspection.
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Re: Electrical 3 way help
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GREENCOUNTYPETE
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take the clutter out all your greens go together wire nut and box tie if metal box all your whites go together wire nut so you have power and the switched leg to the light and the pair that run switch to switch the better way to think of a 3 way switch is that it is not a ON/OFF switch , it is an Other terminal switch so you have 3 terminals and the switch switches one screw between the other 2 screws (if your switch has a ground ignore that it is not critical to the function of the switch do still tie it to all your grounds) on one switch it is power , and 2 travelers or switched legs on the other switch it is 2 traverlers/ switched legs and the output to the light when you flip a 3 way switch which frankly is a bad name it is 2 way switch it just isn't and on/off switch which is really more of a one way switch you switch between the traveler legs depending on which way the other switch is one or the other is hot. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2026/06/full-35262-295081-threewayswitch.jpg)
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Re: Electrical 3 way help
[Re: Jacks]
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MATTKS
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2 to 9 1 to 4 5 to 12 6 to 13 10 to 14 8,3,11,7 and bond to the box if metal This is in the junction box
At the regular three way the black wire #4 has to go to the odd color (common) of the three way and the travelers each go to a separate same colored terminal which would be 5 and 6 because they are your travelers in this wire, the white wire #6 is not a neutral like the other white wires and do not connect it to them.
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