Communication in Wiring

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qcroanoke

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A single pole switch with the wrapped one being the switch leg and pigtailing the other two for the feed.
 

George Stolz

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Certainly the first thought is 3 way. The other possibility is the wrapped wire being the hot and the other 2 being SL's for a fan/ light combo.
Like a stacked switch?

They all appear to be black conductors. If it was my 3-way one of them would be red.
Ah, but we didn't rough this, the home team did, and has two-wire traveler threeways all over the place prior to arriving at this switch. :)

If that is the case my question is why in the world a feed through wasn't spliced through on the rough. Seems terribly inefficient.
Agreed!

Wouldn't it be more fun to imagine that I just won the lottery and would never have to trim out another house as long as I live?
Well, yeah, but that is a topic for a different forum. ;)
 

qcroanoke

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Ah, but we didn't rough this, the home team did, and has two-wire traveler threeways all over the place prior to arriving at this switch. :)
;)

Boy! I bet the rest of the house was a real joy to figure out!
But wouldn't two wire travelers cause inductive heating? (Typed with tongue in cheek)
 
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sameguy

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I would put a piece of cardboard reading what the hell is this on it and move on to the next abortion.
 
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