electrofelon
Senior Member
- Location
- Cherry Valley NY, Seattle, WA
Just looking for someone else to share one of their weaker mental moments so I dont feel so bad
Was doing some finish work today, had to put in four three way switches - two two-gangs, two zones of lighting, all splices already made up.
Cant get one zone to work, triple check that the connections are right, have hot coming off the common going up to the light. go up to the attic and voltage detector says nothing on the wire up there, three feet above the box. Well there was some plaster that had just been repaired so I figure the wire got hit, so I tell the drywaller I need to cut some holes. Cut a few slots, but the wire looks fine for the whole length. I then realize that I had the black traveler on the common - I thought I triple checked that? WEll I hook it up 'correctly' and confess my sin to the drywaller, He didnt seem to mind, looks like he has a whole week of patching there anyway. Flip the breaker but still no go! I pull out the switches again and I realize I have one set of travelers split between the two switches! Now that is a hard mistake to make. Finally I get it going, and decide its best to throw in the towel, so I dropped an hour of my time and went home. Even after 9 years, I guess sometimes a three way is smarter than me.
Was doing some finish work today, had to put in four three way switches - two two-gangs, two zones of lighting, all splices already made up.
Cant get one zone to work, triple check that the connections are right, have hot coming off the common going up to the light. go up to the attic and voltage detector says nothing on the wire up there, three feet above the box. Well there was some plaster that had just been repaired so I figure the wire got hit, so I tell the drywaller I need to cut some holes. Cut a few slots, but the wire looks fine for the whole length. I then realize that I had the black traveler on the common - I thought I triple checked that? WEll I hook it up 'correctly' and confess my sin to the drywaller, He didnt seem to mind, looks like he has a whole week of patching there anyway. Flip the breaker but still no go! I pull out the switches again and I realize I have one set of travelers split between the two switches! Now that is a hard mistake to make. Finally I get it going, and decide its best to throw in the towel, so I dropped an hour of my time and went home. Even after 9 years, I guess sometimes a three way is smarter than me.