Client Calls Handyman to change 3 way switches to Decora type.
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John120/240
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What was your fix ? New boxes ? J-box wire & re do ?
Extend the wire it was in good shape even though all the wires were cut short, also they used 2 wire BX for the travelers and it was set up so that 1 wire went to one switch 1 wire to the other so it took some time to figure that one out .:lol:
RLyons
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First time I've seen a switch grounded in a old BX box :lol:
Looks familiar to a call I got last week. Maintenance man decided to have the new guy put all new outlets in an apartment but could figure out why breaker kept tripping when they turned the power back on. Come to find out the new guy put hot and neutral on the same side of an outlet. I made sure to thank them for the work after we got a chuckle before I left.
Looks familiar to a call I got last week. Maintenance man decided to have the new guy put all new outlets in an apartment but could figure out why breaker kept tripping when they turned the power back on. Come to find out the new guy put hot and neutral on the same side of an outlet. I made sure to thank them for the work after we got a chuckle before I left.
No the switch was not grounded they were single pole switches he must have figured just put any wire on it and it will work...:slaphead::lol:
RLyons
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No I got that, just trying to be funny...Original BX boxes usually didn't come equipped with grounded devises. :thumbsup:
Those old-timers had it down , they would put the device in first and wrap the wire around the screws , they were on the front of the device so you could not remove them without cutting the wire..:lol:
Look how much money they saved. Wonderful:blink:::lol:: thanks for the days pay Bro:thumbsup::thumbsup:
The green screw was used for one of the travelers:laughing:
Thats 1915 BX , THE travelers are 2 wire BX With a feed in each box and a lighting load in each box...LOL
I'm sure they called an electrician first and they said the price is too high so they called a handyman that's cheaper than dirt,just to find out the hard way ,"you get what you pay for"
kwired
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Old switch had three terminals, so a new switch with three terminals should work:happyno: I have seen that more than once from someone that really doesn't have a clue how three ways work. Also seen (more than once) a maintenance man try to replace receptacles supplied from multiwire branch circuits that didn't have a clue about what was there or that you had to break off the tab between the two receptacles. Most recent one I recall had been that way for years, since I was there doing something else they asked me to look into why a particular breaker would not reset, turns out it and another one were landed on same receptacle without the tab being broke off. Building was 40 years old so I will not get into whether or not it should have had handle ties on the breakers, I don't think it was necessary at original installation.
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