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Posted by S. Barker on June 9, 2008, 10:09 pm
Seems to be the same situation under a different subject line.
ditto the reply in the other thread.
s
>I am rehabbing a house. Upstairs there are two three way switches about 15
>feet apart that control two light fixtures. I have identified the two
>travelers. I have identified the hot wire (wire supplying 120VAC) and I
>have identified the wire going to the lights. So far, so good.
>
> I have the travelers wired the same on both switches (one traveler, red,
> to the upper-most switch terminal and the white traveler to the middle
> terminal). I have the hot wire (supplying 120) to the common terminal of
> one switch, and the line to the lights connected to the other common
> termnal. But here is what happens...
>
> If I am at one switch, I can turn it on, off, on, off, no problem,
> everything works fine. But if I now go to the other switch, nothing. If I
> am back at switch one and just turn it on, I can go to the other switch
> and turn it off and then that switch is the controlling switch. It is like
> either switch can turn the lights off if they are on and then the switch
> that turned them off is the only one that can turn them on again.
>
> Any thoughts??
>
> Thanks
>
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