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Yup, yup, yup.....

Said in the manner of Al from Happy Days? [Linked Image]

3-way switch ("2-way" over here):
Funnily enough I just had a similar incident. I'm in the process of re-wiring a neighbor's house and installed two 3-ways and a 4-way at the three entrances to the living room.

He has someone else helping with the plastering, woodwork, etc. and he decided that he needed to remove one of my 3-ways from the boarded but yet-to-be-plastered wall. Sure enough, he reconnected it the wrong way, and then tried to convince the owner that it was normal for one of the three switches to have to be in one position before the other two would work.

There weren't even any other wires feeding through this switch box to confuse him, just a 3-conductor (plus ground) cable with different color wires going to the switch terminals. It's not rocket science..... [Linked Image]

(For anyone who remembers, this is the same guy who a few months ago put a screw right into the middle of a main service cable!)


[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 06-12-2002).]