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#173935 - 01/23/08 07:52 AM
Upside Down ThreeWay
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Up2code
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Registered: 05/15/07
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Loc: Missouri
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Hello All! Homeowner told a fellow electrician I know that he installed a few three way toggle switches upside down, and that he would not pay final bill until they were turned around properly. Without arguing too much, he did what owner asked, and got paid. Am I missing something here? Has anyone else out there ever come across "upside down three ways"?
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#173938 - 01/23/08 08:47 AM
Re: Upside Down ThreeWay
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Rewired
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Loc: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Thats bizarre, unless what the homeowner meant was that to have the lights on both toggles "should" be up or both toggles should be down sort of thing?? Not that it all matters much but ya know how fussy / strange some people can be!
A.D
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#173940 - 01/23/08 10:52 AM
Re: Upside Down ThreeWay
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Last Leg
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So, what happens if both handles are down, lights off. Then, you go to one 3-way and turn the lights on - handle up. Then you go to the other three way, which is still in the down position, to turn the lights off? OOPS !! Handle is UP and lights are OFF !!! What's up with this???
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#173962 - 01/23/08 10:03 PM
Re: Upside Down ThreeWay
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Up2code
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Job security, I guess. Every week you would have to go back and turn half of them back around to satisfy homeowner. Homeowner said "That is how previous electrician installed them, and he knew what he was doing." We still joke about it. Just wanted everyone else's thoughts.
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#175109 - 02/22/08 07:38 PM
Re: Upside Down ThreeWay
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wa2ise
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Mount the 3 way switches horizontally. Then the issue of "up-side-down" goes away. 
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#175114 - 02/22/08 09:52 PM
Re: Upside Down ThreeWay
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schenimann
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We did have to come behind another electrician on a res job and clean up some stuff. They had wired the red and black from all the ceiling fans to the runners on 3way switches. Up you got the light, down you got the fan, never neither or never both. Maybe he wanted the fan up and the light down.
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