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3 way guidance

buzzyng
10 years ago

Am getting close to inspection (another post forthcoming on this) and brought in a colleague to wire up the 3 ways for me. About 1/2 way through the work, he left and appears he isn't coming back.

The power comes in through the light and then goes to switch 1 and then goes to switch 2.

2 wire power to light, 2 wire to switch 1, and then 3 wire from switch 1 to switch 2.

That looks fine and I follow it but on two other light circuits, he did it slightly different:

2 wire power to light, 3 wire to switch 1, and then 3 wire from sw1 to switch 2. On the 14/3 from light to switch, he wrote black is power and red is switch. Is this the same as the other circuit with red instead of white? and if so, is white not being used?

thanks for help

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