How To Wire a 3-Way Switch
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 เม.ย. 2019
- Wiring your own home is easy as long as you have the right understanding and tools. Here is a basic skill you will need if you want to rewire your own home.
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I loved watching this -- I think I would be an electrician if I wasn't the TH-cam Lawyer!
If I could do it all over again I would be an electrician as well. Cheers Ian!
Wiring is correct, we're required to tie all the joints before an inspection where I am at. Might be easier to draw out how the 3 way works for those that don't completely understand it. In this setup the black and red should be the travelers and the white in the 14-3 carries the neutral from the first power box over to tie with the neutral from the light switch leg. Black from power goes on black screw, red and black from 14-3 go on the brass screws of the 3way switches and black from 14-2 light switch leg goes on black screw of 2nd 3 way. Lots of ways to do 3-ways, however here a neutral has to be in each box just in case a dimmer is added that needs a neutral to make the dimmer work in which case this is the correct way it's done to achieve code requirements. Keep the videos coming!!
My friend! This is so simple and easy to follow. Thanks.
You sir are a Master!
Love this channel, thank you!
Thanks for this video I wasn't really looking for how to install one as much as I was looking for how to understanding a correct one... To fix the one I have...
Thanks!
Thanks for the teaching time.
Perfect every time! 👊💥
Always a great teacher. Thanks for the hard work, oh. And you too Max.
Thanks Robert, we do appreciate it. Cheers!
excellent information as usual!
Im amazed at how different electrics are where you're at, compared to Norway. Your code seem to be very strict on certain details, like staple placement, yet there are so many things you are allowed to do that we can not. Like running the wire freely inside the wall. Here, we have to run it in some sort of protective tube or pipe... Also, all your wires and stuff have different names and the boxes and switches look completely different! :D
Would you be willing do a video on crown molding?
That is nice to know about the wiring.
Jeff, droppin mad knowledge!!! Man, I think back to myself so many times how happy I am to have found your channel!! I've learned so much since I started watching(and laughed a bunch of times)!!! Super excited to keep seeing what's in store next. Stay blessed bud, Dirty Jersey out!!!
Awwww, Jeff!
I really enjoy and learn a great deal with your videos. Well done. I have a question, I have a home that was built in the '50s. The electrical does not have a ground wire. What are my options, please?
Keep up the good work
So how do you connect the switches?
Could of used this video 4 days ago but youtube only wanted to show me how to wire a 3 way switch from existing outlets. Probably just the way i typed it in but damn your video collection has nearly everything i need minus how to deal with my crawlspace noise from jets taking off over my house ;p
Funny how that works.
Do you need to leave a service loop?
Can you recommend a ceiling light fixture for a bedroom that doesn’t require a junction box? There is a ceiling hoist dead center of the room, attic is already sheeted with plywood over top.
Well that was short. Would like to see inspection vid🙏🏻.
Also, is it code in your area to use firestop (caulking) to fill holes when going through top plate or into another “room” etc... just curious, is all.
It’s always great to get an awesome inspector; as well as, when doing many jobs & keep getting same person.....makes the process go a little better(at one point, was lucky & had same inspector for 4 yrs in the area worked in).
Can’t wait till next episode. THANKS Jeff (any chance gonna see more vids w/ your sons?) AND Max for your hard work.
Cheers✌🏻
Watts up Gary? This video gave me a jolt #cheers
I absolutely love this channel, so much better than the TV show drama renovations. I'm renovating two bathroom in my house right now from what I've learned from the channel, My dads just funding it and staying out of the way lol
Very cool Christian. Glad to be of some help!
Are u in Canada? In the US I'm pretty sure we are not allowed to go behind a stud in a wall.
I'm curious as to why you haven't been making-up (wiring-up) your boxes? Are you having a licensed electrician do that bit or do you just prefer to make them up as part of your finishing step when you put in your switches and receptacles?
Need to show how the light is hooked up, to work from each switch at each end of the room
Thank you for all of your videos! This is off this topic, but how much would you estimate it costs to put up moisture barrier, insultion, drywall for walls and ceiling for 2400 sq ft?
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Please help!!! I just recently replaced my light switches for the entry way, top of stairs and bottom of stairs. All the switches work fine BUT when I turn off the light from any of the 3 switches the light won’t turn back on unless I go reset the breaker BUT the breaker isn’t even tripped?? What is the problem??
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He didn't bother to explain how,the wires go together. Where do the Reds go?
Reds are travelers, along with the black in the 14-3 cable. White is neutral. Travelers connect to the other two (non-common) terminals of the 3-way switch.
Could you also run the wires up through the ceiling instead of the walls?
We are finishing out an addition to our metal arena... all from your videos. Studs are up, duct work is going in, and we are roughing-out plugs, switches, and pot lights this week. Thank you for all you do!!!
After watching your videos we threw out our $74,000 estimate and decided to do it ourselves!
Thank you!
Right on Jennifer. That is why we do what we do. Love to see pics along the way.
Cheeky little title there 😉😂
perhaps! But also the honest truth!
An actual hammer has been used in the making of this video.
New code every switch needs a neutral wire so 14-3 is necessary more often then before
Why can't you use a 14/2 for your travellers? Why are you using 3 conductor between switchesm
Because you need two travelers plus a neutral. Sometimes, if you need to wire something past the second 3-way switch, two runs of 14-2 will be used. One cable is the travelers, and the other is a constant hot/neutral.
I enjoy your videos but for some reason you were talking about this project like there was a limitation of recording time leading to you really talking fast.
I have a 4-way switch and it feels like I'm solving a Legend of Zelda Puzzle sometimes...
4-way switches operate on the traveler wires of a 3-way switch pair. The pair of wires from one cable goes on one side, and the other pair on the other side. The switch may be marked "input" and "output". It doesn't matter which one, as long as wires of the same cable are grouped together on the 4-way switch.
we should ask charlie sheen about a 3 way jeff hahaaaha
Don't know if he knows anything about wiring. Cheers!
@@HomeRenoVisionDIY He might know plumbing.
I was expecting an demonstration of how the connections are made. :(
That will come in a couple weeks after we close all the walls. Cheers!
While you're on the topic of switches; how would you figure out what a switch operates when you've checked all the lights and outlets in the vicinity and nothing reacts. It's a switch on a bank of 3, left operates ceiling light, middle is the mystery, right operates an outlet.
Maybe there was a ceiling fan at some point where the 3rd switch controlled the fan?
Did you check both receptacles on each outlet you tested in case of a split wired outlet? Also, could just be a dummy switch that's no longer used. Have you verified there is power running to and from the switch?
If you find it's not a switched outlet like @NightxxOwl suggested you could always buy a tone generator from home depot for $75 and trace the wires without having to open up the wall.
There are times you can use a 2-wire for the travellers. 😉
At 2:40 - Wrong! 14-3 has a LOT of uses besides just 3-way switches. It is used in bedrooms and similar rooms for the light fixture so a ceiling fan can be installed (fan-rated box and 2-gang switch box both required), also for bathroom exhaust fans that include a built-in light. Not to mention cable runs between 120V smoke alarms. The red wire is used as a signal wire so all alarms will sound if one is triggered.
Didn't even show hooking up the switch's useless
Love ya Jeff, but this ways way too fast... useless I'm not sure why you speak at the speed of light....
Big fan Jeff, but I think this one missed the mark. A bit disjointed and difficult to follow; missing information.
Hi Josh, thanks for your cander. Perhaps you could elaborate for me. We are always trying to get better.
@@HomeRenoVisionDIY I think it's important/valuable for someone attempting to do their own wiring to be made aware that there are several ways to wire a 3 way switch. It can affect how they choose to design their flow. And because there are several different configurations (that can be difficult to grasp the concept of), I think a diagram is nearly essential when explaining it. Even if its just scribbled on the stud.
- You didn't video putting the 14-3 wire into the 2nd box; just a shot of it done. Didn't identify the 14-2 wire in the box as the "power supply" wire at the time.
- May have been easier to video pulling the 14-3 from the 1st switch box to the 2nd, so that you are working in the same direction as the flow of power? Better for visual explanation in the absence of a diagram.
- The video flow was a bit confusing using terminology like "first box", "second box", "other box" since you showed working on the plastic box first and running the 14-3 to the second. But you meant first box as it pertains to the flow of power which could have been supported by a diagram. :)
It all came together at 4:16 when you went through your quick recap though. I completely understand that you are simply showing your viewers what you guys are doing in this renovation, but from a teaching/learning perspective which is the heart of this channel, I would probably be doing another TH-cam search for how to wire a 3-way switch after viewing this.
Hope this comes off as constructive and not criticism.
Another how NOT to do electrical work video. Keep up the terrible work.