Comments on: Wiring delima. I enclosed a wiring diagram of everything. Can you put it together. Thanks. http://design4kitchen.com/2008/12/21/wiring-delima-i-enclosed-a-wiring-diagram-of-everything-can-you-put-it-together-thanks/ New design ideas for your kitchen Tue, 22 May 2012 00:12:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: E. F. Hutton http://design4kitchen.com/2008/12/21/wiring-delima-i-enclosed-a-wiring-diagram-of-everything-can-you-put-it-together-thanks/#comment-1538 E. F. Hutton Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20081220215353AAiOlXS#comment-1538 I can’t make anything out from your drawing, sorry. 3-way switches, that would mean you have two switches that operate one fixture. There are a few different ways to wire them. Without getting good details on your system I can’t tell you how it goes. However perhaps this will give you some insight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-way_switch#Multiway_switching Now if you have single throw switches, one switch for one fixture things are different. There’s a couple of ways that can be done. The circuit can lead to the switch box and then to the fixture or to the fixture first with wires that lead through the switch and back. The latter method is found frequently where all the light on a floor are on one circuit for example. I can’t make anything out from your drawing, sorry.
3-way switches, that would mean you have two switches that operate one fixture. There are a few different ways to wire them. Without getting good details on your system I can’t tell you how it goes. However perhaps this will give you some insight:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-way_switch#Multiway_switching
Now if you have single throw switches, one switch for one fixture things are different. There’s a couple of ways that can be done. The circuit can lead to the switch box and then to the fixture or to the fixture first with wires that lead through the switch and back. The latter method is found frequently where all the light on a floor are on one circuit for example.

]]> By: Eye_Mac http://design4kitchen.com/2008/12/21/wiring-delima-i-enclosed-a-wiring-diagram-of-everything-can-you-put-it-together-thanks/#comment-1539 Eye_Mac Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20081220215353AAiOlXS#comment-1539 A light that has 2 switches that control it uses 3-way switches. 3-way switch V ground wire to light V _________________________ ___._______________.______O \______________/ switch ^lines switch light between switches single switch V ground to light V ________________________ ____.____________________O switch line to light light What you are describing are single switches. Check both wires connected to the switch, if neither has power than you have a broken line somewhere OR they ran a line with power direct to the light (not right but idiots do amazing things). check both wires at each light for power (with the switch disconnected from the circuit) There should be no power but if there is they wired it wrong. A light that has 2 switches that control it uses 3-way switches.

3-way switch
V ground wire to light V
_________________________
___._______________.______O
\______________/

switch ^lines switch light
between
switches

single switch

V ground to light V
________________________
____.____________________O

switch line to light light

What you are describing are single switches. Check both wires connected to the switch, if neither has power than you have a broken line somewhere OR they ran a line with power direct to the light (not right but idiots do amazing things). check both wires at each light for power (with the switch disconnected from the circuit) There should be no power but if there is they wired it wrong.

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