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Old 08-05-2019, 12:11 AM   #58992
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Originally Posted by Sapphireho View Post
Diagnosed and fixed 3 3-way switches and one 4-way. 3 had the correct switches, just wired wrong. One someone thought they could replace a 3-way with a 2-way. Very creative and dangerous wiring. All better now. Put a dimmer on the 3 new porch lights I installed yesterday.
i run into this a ton. at least once a week. a lot of people are scared we're going to charge thousands and tear open their walls because the 3-way is wired wrong.. it's always nice to convince them that the only problem was allowing monkey's to get into the screwdrivers!
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