All, I have been searching, but have been unable to find out the answer to my problem. I am trying to replace a 3-way dimmer switch with a
3-way toggle switch. (For some reason every switch in our new house was a dimmer, which is quite annoying.)
I have discovered that two of the leads are hot. One (black lead) was controlled by the lighting circuit breaker, and the other (red lead) by another breaker.
If it helps, this is a two switch box. The old connectivity was a single black lead that was connected to both switch's black connectors, each of the old switches had a two red connectors that were connected to red and black leads each.
Black---------------/----------Red-------(Switch1) Red (HOT)-----------/----------Red-------(Switch1) --------Black-------(Switch1) Black (HOT)--------< --------Black-------(Switch2) Black---------------/----------Red-------(Switch2) Red (HOT?)----------/----------Red-------(Switch2)
How do I hook up my new 3-way toggle?
Thanks, Todd