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<blockquote data-quote="winsoe" data-source="post: 492937" data-attributes="member: 32395"><p>I have four lights in a hallway. They are controlled by 2 2-way switches and 1 intermediate switch, which is in the middle. The circuit is not working, after I hired a contractor to replace ceiling.</p><p></p><p>I disconnected all four wires from the intermediate switch and then checked the 2 2-way switches and the wires. One 2-way switch has no hot wire coming in. The other 2-way switch has one hot wire coming in. There are four wires going into an intermediate switch. Let me name them A, B, C, and D. Here are the voltages between the wires:</p><p></p><p>A-D 115</p><p></p><p>A-C 184</p><p></p><p>A-D 219</p><p></p><p>B-C 58</p><p></p><p>B-D 72</p><p></p><p>C-D 0</p><p></p><p>How could a 220 V circuit have 184, 115, 72, and 58 Volt? I believe the contractor, when re-connecting the wires, connected them incorrectly somewhere. If I knew how the wires were mis-connected, I might be able to correct them.</p><p></p><p>BTW, the hot wire on the 2-way switch is 113 volt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="winsoe, post: 492937, member: 32395"] I have four lights in a hallway. They are controlled by 2 2-way switches and 1 intermediate switch, which is in the middle. The circuit is not working, after I hired a contractor to replace ceiling. I disconnected all four wires from the intermediate switch and then checked the 2 2-way switches and the wires. One 2-way switch has no hot wire coming in. The other 2-way switch has one hot wire coming in. There are four wires going into an intermediate switch. Let me name them A, B, C, and D. Here are the voltages between the wires: A-D 115 A-C 184 A-D 219 B-C 58 B-D 72 C-D 0 How could a 220 V circuit have 184, 115, 72, and 58 Volt? I believe the contractor, when re-connecting the wires, connected them incorrectly somewhere. If I knew how the wires were mis-connected, I might be able to correct them. BTW, the hot wire on the 2-way switch is 113 volt. [/QUOTE]
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