Three Way Switch challenge

You send the power down to the far box connecting to the common and bring it back in the travellers. The load gets connected to the near end common. No neutral goes down to the far box.

Nothing to do with the original matter, but i am interested in the differences between the trade slang used in the US and UK. In my country, the intermediate wires are termed 'strappers' there are lots of instances of these differences

Don't be stupid. Call another electrician!

+-light-+---white--power | +---black--power | | +---0 0----B------+ +----B------------0 0---+ | +-0 0-+ | | | | | | +--------R---------+---------R----------------+ | | | +----------W---------+---------W------------------+

The center junction box "hosts" the light, and has power coming in on a 2 wire cable. A three wire cable exits that box to the switch on the left, and another three wire cable exits that box to the switch on the right. The common terminal of one switch is wired to the black wire of the light; the common terminal of the other switch is wired to the black power feed wire. The white power feed wire is connected to the white light wire. The remaining 4 wires - 2 wires from each switch - are connected by color - red to red and white to white. Both of those whites should be taped with black or red tape to re-identify them as hot.

Worse still you lot have the bare audacity to use common sense and call the type of switches that are used to control a load from two different points two way switches. Don't you UK types realize that it makes a lot more sense to call two point control switches three way. And then to add insult to injury you call the switches that go in between two two way switches intermediate when everyone knows that it is far more logical to call them four way switches.

-- Tom H

This is better than an effort at description in text.

The gentlemen was, I believe, using irony in this instance....

Americans realize that their terminology for "three-way" and "four-way" switches for the previously mentioned circuit is a bunch of crap.

LOL!!!! I've always been puzzled about those terms. How about "three-way" ->

three screws, "four-way" -> 4 screws??? I know - coming from or going to 3 (or

4) directions. Uhhh... guess that's the same as how many screws. It's a weird one, fer sure.

Perion

S, you are a top posting retard with no sense of irony, sarcasm or comedy and should be put down like a lame dog.

sQuick [UK]

Well I have to admit that I didn't know what the emoticon is for tounge in cheek but I really did think you would spot the admiration for the simplicity of the UK naming system. I find the north american naming conventions counterintuitive at best.

-- Tom