Hot take: Murphy's Law hit hard on a simple 3-way switch swap

I had a day last Tuesday that made me question everything. Went to replace a three-way switch in a house near Denver, simple 15 minute job turned into 3 hours because the previous guy used the common terminal as a traveler. Then my voltage tester died halfway through, and I dropped a screw into the carpet. Has anyone else ever run into a switch that was wired so wrong it didn't even make sense?

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robin48922d agoMost Upvoted

Man that common terminal trick is brutal, did the old wires have any tape or markings on them at all?

evan_dixon6721d ago

Yeah that's the worst, found bare copper and a prayer once!