Three Way Light Switch Not Working

Toggle each switch until the light come on.

Three way light switch not working.

The dang 3 way switch isn t working. I have a 3 way switch with source at first switch and light between same as below diagram i opened light fixture to pained the wall and after putting the light it did not work. So to turn the light on she carefully negotiates the stairs to the top and flips on the switch. So i bought new dimmers and switches that are led compatible.

Here is how to fix them. Follow these steps to find which switch is bad. That s just not the way it s supposed to be is it. Three way switch not working properly.

How to fix 3 way switch circuits. Now none of the what i thought of as three way switches on the stairs work. There is a switch to turn on the lights in the garage and a switch in my kitchen also to turn on the same lights. To ensure if my light fixture is good when i plug it it outlet then it turns on.

Ok i know that older switches and dimmers don t play nicely with leds. Let s assume you are in a mess right now. They are very simple in function yet ingenious in design. You don t have a continuity tester.

You may also understand the pain of having to pay an electrician to put the wiring right. My 3 way switches don t work. It only takes a few minutes a little patience and a healthy respect. If you or someone you know has ever changed a 3 way switch and not gotten the wiring put back together right you know how frustrating it is trying to figure out how to get it to work again.

The old dimmer switch switch 1 had a hot connection and both the common and traveler connections but the switch 2 was not a three way switch simply a two wire on off switch also. I have tried following the wiring diagram but still does not work. Usually when a 3 way switch fails lights can be toggled on and off at one switch but not the other. You cannot remember how they were wired and now things do not work.

One switch may turn the lights on and off while the other switch does nothing. The switches don t work. What do you do. Countless homes across the country are plagued by miswired 3 way circuits causing not only inconvenience but a genuine safety hazard.

If the switches are in the same position i e. Both down or both up and i go to turn one of. I have a new detached garage with lights in it. Hello i am wondering if my three way switches were installed correctly.

You set out to replace one or both switches in a two switch light circuit. First you may find it helpful to understand how 3 way switches work to. If your light circuit has three or more switches see instead my 4 way switches don t work. If one of the two 3 way switches toggles the light s on and off the other 3 way switch has probably failed.