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JMOR 02-28-2013 07:24:24 72.181.173.171 Report to Moderator	Don Anderson said: (quoted from post at 09:54:06 02/28/13) I did some more checking last night with a little gizmo call a "switch wizzard. I turned off the power to the circuit that powers the switches and the outlet, which is for a lamp at one of the front windows in the living room. With the three wires connected together at one switch I connected the three clips to the three wires at the other switch and checked to see which wire would be the carrier wire which should be connected to the black terminal on the leviton switch. I then switched the clips to other wires at the switch and it showed another wire would be the carrier so apparently when the house was wired eight years ago something is not wired correctly. Idea was that I could either come in the front door or the door from the garage into the living room and turn on a lamp to be able to see but it has never worked. Maybe I can make some long leads and use the ohm function on the meter to figure out which wire is which. Switch wizzaed instructions that I saw on the net look OK for a switch box that has ONLY 3 wires in it, but yours probably has more, as evidenced by , " I then switched the clips to other wires at the switch and ". More than 3? There are several variations in connections that accomplish the same end result. Take a look: https://www.google.com/search?q=3+way+switch+circuits+variations&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=qTR&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=13cvUZOVKOnV2QXE-4DoBg&ved=0CDIQsAQ&biw=847&bih=460 This post was edited by JMOR at 07:32:44 02/28/13. [Reply]   [No Email]
Don Anderson 03-01-2013 07:35:08 24.116.133.10 Report to Moderator	Re: 3 way switch in reply to JMOR, 02-28-2013 07:24:24   When I said I switched the clips to other wires I meant that I switched the three clips to the wires in a different order. There are only three wires connected to the switch plus the bare wire. sorry about the confusion. [Reply]  [No Email]