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[acemcmac]

I have an overhead lamp that is controlled by two switches (the infamous 3-way switches).

When I replaced one of them with a 3-way dimmer swich over the weekend, I messed up some of the functionality of the setup. Now, the non-dimmer switch will only affect the light if the dimmer switch is already set to on.

State table:
dimmer switch on, normal switch off, lamp on
dimmer switch on, normal switch on, lamp ON
dimmer switch off, normal switch off, lamp off
dimmer switch off, normal switch on, lamp OFF

The bolded ones should be reversed. It is worth noting that on the dimmer switch, I have a red lead and two white/black leads. Reversing the white/black leads did not seem to affect the issue (but I may have not secured it well). The red lead is hooked to the red terminal on the switch.

Anyone have any ideas for what to try? I am under the assumption that if I leave normal switch alone, I can make it work from the dimmer side by switching leads around, I just don't know what to do!

 

[mattlear]

It sounds like the normal switch is not hooked up correctly.

If you look at the state diagram yor wrote, the normal switch position does not impact the light AT ALL.

They make 3 way dimmer switches? I didn't know that!

-Matt

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: mattlear
It sounds like the normal switch is not hooked up correctly.

If you look at the state diagram yor wrote, the normal switch position does not impact the light AT ALL.

They make 3 way dimmer switches? I didn't know that!

-Matt

What really makes me scratch my head is that this worked just fine before I replaced the one three way switch with the three way dimmer... I don't know where to even start troubleshooting this aside from just randomly rearranging the wires and hoping I don't start a fire.

 

[acemcmac]

bump

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

what kind of run do you have?

switch- fixture-switch
switch - switch - fixture
fixture - switch - switch

http://www.the-home-improvement-web.com/information/how-to/three-way-switch.htm

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
what kind of run do you have?

switch- fixture-switch
switch - switch - fixture
fixture - switch - switch

http://www.the-home-improvement-web.com/information/how-to/three-way-switch.htm

Fairly confident that it's figure 3 with the left side as the dimmer. Thanks for the help... let's see if I can get it now...

 

[mattlear]

Damn - Sorry about bumping this - I didn't connect / realize about acemcmac

My apologies everyone.

-Matt