Here's how to swap outdated three-way light switches for something much better.

Six three- and four-way switches will be installed here once the house is complete. The wiring looks complex, but it is not. (Tim Carter) ...

Newer 3-way switches are labeled as 'Common' on the back of the switch, next to the Common terminal screw. Secure the traveler wires (black and red) from the 14-3 cable to the brass screws.

Three-way switches control lights from two locations. There is a hot wire running from the control panel to the first switch in the sequence, a continuation of the hot wire running from the second ...

To make the wiring work flawlessly, so your husband becomes a lover of these switches, you install the same special three-wire cable between all the three- and four-way switches in the circuit.

Three-way switches are common at staircases, hallways or large rooms with multiple doorways. Most of the problems with these switches result from a miswired switch.

On the far end 3 way switch, black was common, and red was the traveler connecting the two three way switches. White was used to return common back to the box the first switch was in.

News Home and garden Ask the Builder: Praise for 3- and 4-way electrical switches Sat., May 11, 2019 Six different three and four-way switches will be installed here once the house is complete ...

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So I have a couple of floor lamps that have three-way switches and was designed for incandescent light bulbs. To clarify, when I say three-way switch, I mean it cycles between off, low, medium ...