I'm not saying it's right but its not crazy you need 3 wires and you see 3 wires and a ground that isn't strictly necessary for something to work just code and safty
On some other videos I have seen, they asked, "can neutral carry current?" This video, "yes, and so does ground" Here is proof of why I don't trust a wire simply based on color.
Handy man special. He Could've at least watched licensed master professional electricians on TH-cam to find the real way to wire. Glad You're Saving Their House & Lives.
You’re an electrician, but you think someone actually “put a ground wire on a traveler and then put sheathing/jacket on it”. No, they *clearly left the 12 wire jacket on the ground after removing the other two*
That's what I was thinking, but you know how would this still cause a problem because the Travler wire is conducting electricity anyway right? Why did the switch stop working
One side of the switch read only 80 volts across the terminals, the other side had no continuity. I'm really not sure what would cause it to fail like that. The "ground" and white wire alternately showed 120V a the box.
Seen far worse while helping my stepfather rewire his 1973 rambler. As was typical for that timeframe, single strand aluminum wiring used throughout, and a 70 amp main Zinsco panel in a bedroom closet. The two 3 way switches in the hallway were wired as follows. Power feed into ceiling light box. One 12/2 w/G aluminum NM cable ran from light box to each switch. Black and white used as travellers, bare ground used for the common on both switches and the installer simply left the "ground" pressed against the metal switch boxes energizing it and the brass switch plate. And since the home had hardwood floors with no other grounded or wet surfaces in the hallway, everytime you touched the coverplate you acted as the "bird on the powerline" so to speak. Also found the 40 gallon 4500 watt water heater wired with 2 wire 12 gauge "zip cord" style low voltage landscape wire ran almost the length of the home under the crawl space, tapped off the line side of the main breaker, if you wanted to turn off power to the water heater you had to pull the meter.
😮 I’ve seen some weird stuff, but that’s insane
I'm not saying it's right but its not crazy you need 3 wires and you see 3 wires and a ground that isn't strictly necessary for something to work just code and safty
@@james10739so how is it supposed to be?
On some other videos I have seen, they asked, "can neutral carry current?" This video, "yes, and so does ground" Here is proof of why I don't trust a wire simply based on color.
Handy man special. He Could've at least watched licensed master professional electricians on TH-cam to find the real way to wire. Glad You're Saving Their House & Lives.
So whoever installed it is not aware of the dangers. 😮. Good catch. And maybe that electrician is not licensed. Who knows.
Who is training these professionals?!? If that was me I’d get a “HEY BOY WHAT IS THIS HERE SWITCH BOY FIX THAT THERE SWITCH BOY”
You’re an electrician, but you think someone actually “put a ground wire on a traveler and then put sheathing/jacket on it”.
No, they *clearly left the 12 wire jacket on the ground after removing the other two*
That's what I was thinking, but you know how would this still cause a problem because the Travler wire is conducting electricity anyway right? Why did the switch stop working
One side of the switch read only 80 volts across the terminals, the other side had no continuity. I'm really not sure what would cause it to fail like that. The "ground" and white wire alternately showed 120V a the box.
That “Professional Electrician” must have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.
Didn't even hook the wires around the screws the correct direction
Save the customer some dough and replace with some smart switches that use wireless network or radio signals to mimic 3 way switches?
Seen far worse while helping my stepfather rewire his 1973 rambler. As was typical for that timeframe, single strand aluminum wiring used throughout, and a 70 amp main Zinsco panel in a bedroom closet. The two 3 way switches in the hallway were wired as follows. Power feed into ceiling light box. One 12/2 w/G aluminum NM cable ran from light box to each switch. Black and white used as travellers, bare ground used for the common on both switches and the installer simply left the "ground" pressed against the metal switch boxes energizing it and the brass switch plate. And since the home had hardwood floors with no other grounded or wet surfaces in the hallway, everytime you touched the coverplate you acted as the "bird on the powerline" so to speak. Also found the 40 gallon 4500 watt water heater wired with 2 wire 12 gauge "zip cord" style low voltage landscape wire ran almost the length of the home under the crawl space, tapped off the line side of the main breaker, if you wanted to turn off power to the water heater you had to pull the meter.
😮 Absolutely insane! Thanks for the comment!
How do you earn the title professional electrician when you do work like that?
I think this happens when the pros just do the permit paperwork and then never check behind the subs that do the actual work.
This is truly a nightmare, how can you do something like this. Luckily, the owner found it.
Believe it or not, the owner didn't want me to fix it.
Did it work though? Lol.
We've all done it
as long as it works
Woah. Chicago style is not cool. Lol