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GoosePimp

Jan 1, 1970
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I have a house that an electrician started then disappeared.....am doing the
final switches & fixtures. Have a threee way switch and have found diagrams
for the hookup if the power is at one switch and the load is at another but
cant find one for the power and load in the same box...Any help would be
appreciated!

Thanks,

Steve
Portland, OR
 
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Andy Smith

Jan 1, 1970
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You send the power down to the far box connecting to the common and bring
it back in the travellers. The load gets connected to the near end common.
No neutral goes down to the far box.

Nothing to do with the original matter, but i am interested in the
differences between the trade slang used in the US and UK. In my country,
the intermediate wires are termed 'strappers' there are lots of instances
of these differences
 
GoosePimp said:
I have a house that an electrician started then disappeared.....am doing the
final switches & fixtures. Have a threee way switch and have found diagrams
for the hookup if the power is at one switch and the load is at another but
cant find one for the power and load in the same box...Any help would be
appreciated!

Thanks,

Steve
Portland, OR


+-light-+---white--power
| +---black--power
| |
+---0 0----B------+ +----B------------0 0---+
| +-0 0-+ |
| | | |
| +--------R---------+---------R----------------+ |
| |
+----------W---------+---------W------------------+

The center junction box "hosts" the light, and has
power coming in on a 2 wire cable. A three wire cable
exits that box to the switch on the left, and another
three wire cable exits that box to the switch on the
right. The common terminal of one switch is wired to
the black wire of the light; the common terminal of
the other switch is wired to the black power feed
wire. The white power feed wire is connected to the
white light wire. The remaining 4 wires - 2 wires
from each switch - are connected by color - red to
red and white to white. Both of those whites should
be taped with black or red tape to re-identify them
as hot.
 
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s

Jan 1, 1970
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a two way switch is a two way switch.you cant name a swith after the number
of tewrminals it has.i take it you american sparks call a two way switch a
three way?when it allows power from the common terminal to flow one of TWO
WAYS around the strappers?an intermediate is just that,it acts on the
strappers alone,it doe'snt swicth current from one point to allow it along
one of FOUR WAYS does it,thats why we call it an intermediate.Perhaps the
american terminology is crap?But of course,being the largest superpower in
the world i suppose we should all adopt your incorrect terminology?Why are
americans so bloody righteous and arrogant?
 
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Beachcomber

Jan 1, 1970
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a two way switch is a two way switch.you cant name a swith after the number
of tewrminals it has.i take it you american sparks call a two way switch a
three way?when it allows power from the common terminal to flow one of TWO
WAYS around the strappers?an intermediate is just that,it acts on the
strappers alone,it doe'snt swicth current from one point to allow it along
one of FOUR WAYS does it,thats why we call it an intermediate.Perhaps the
american terminology is crap?But of course,being the largest superpower in
the world i suppose we should all adopt your incorrect terminology?Why are
americans so bloody righteous and arrogant?

The gentlemen was, I believe, using irony in this instance....

Americans realize that their terminology for "three-way" and
"four-way" switches for the previously mentioned circuit is a bunch of
crap.
 
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Perion

Jan 1, 1970
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Tom Horne said:
Worse still you lot have the bare audacity to use common sense and call
the type of switches that are used to control a load from two different
points two way switches. Don't you UK types realize that it makes a lot
more sense to call two point control switches three way. And then to
add insult to injury you call the switches that go in between two two
way switches intermediate when everyone knows that it is far more
logical to call them four way switches.
LOL!!!! I've always been puzzled about those terms. How about "three-way" ->
three screws, "four-way" -> 4 screws??? I know - coming from or going to 3 (or
4) directions. Uhhh... guess that's the same as how many screws. It's a weird
one, fer sure.

Perion
 
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s

Jan 1, 1970
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well your'e certainly right there beachcomber,after all are'nt they the last
civilised country in the world to still allow twist-its?(thats wire-nuts to
our american friends) :)
 
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sQuick

Jan 1, 1970
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a two way switch is a two way switch.you cant name a swith after the number
of tewrminals it has.i take it you american sparks call a two way switch a
three way?when it allows power from the common terminal to flow one of TWO
WAYS around the strappers?an intermediate is just that,it acts on the
strappers alone,it doe'snt swicth current from one point to allow it along
one of FOUR WAYS does it,thats why we call it an intermediate.Perhaps the
american terminology is crap?But of course,being the largest superpower in
the world i suppose we should all adopt your incorrect terminology?Why are
americans so bloody righteous and arrogant?

S, you are a top posting retard with no sense of irony, sarcasm or comedy
and should be put down like a lame dog.

sQuick [UK]
 
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s

Jan 1, 1970
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is that right?tosser.....
sQuick said:
a two way switch is a two way switch.you cant name a swith after the number
of tewrminals it has.i take it you american sparks call a two way switch a
three way?when it allows power from the common terminal to flow one of TWO
WAYS around the strappers?an intermediate is just that,it acts on the
strappers alone,it doe'snt swicth current from one point to allow it along
one of FOUR WAYS does it,thats why we call it an intermediate.Perhaps the
american terminology is crap?But of course,being the largest superpower in
the world i suppose we should all adopt your incorrect terminology?Why are
americans so bloody righteous and arrogant?

S, you are a top posting retard with no sense of irony, sarcasm or comedy
and should be put down like a lame dog.

sQuick [UK]
 
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