Hi,
Okay, so here's the skinny...a friend of mine had a kitchen remodeled. They partially knocked down a wall (turned into a pony wall) that had a 3-way switch and moved it to another wall. All of the original wiring was aluminum (sucks) but the newly relocated switch (that has copper wiring attached) is connected to the aluminum wiring somewhere that can't be found. I have not checked any outlet boxes yet but by the looks of things I wouldn't be surprised if it was connected and capped off and left somewhere in that wall :no:. Either way, the 3 way switch does not work properly.
Here is the problem:
Switch 1 must remain in the on position in order for switch 2 to work properly. If switch 1 is in the off position then switch 2 does nothing. I have attached pics of the switches and their wiring as well as the wiring to the fixture.
Switch 1: It has a white and two red wires on its terminals.
Switch 2: It has red, white and black on its terminals.
Workbox:
The fixture was wired with one red wire from a 12-3 cable going to the black wire of the light fixture and the white wire from the 12-3 cable to the white wire of the fixture. In the work box there are a total of three cables (two 12-2 and one 12-3). All of the whites are capped together, all of the blacks together and like I said above the one red wire to the black of the fixture and the white to the fixture as well.
Can anyone help me troubleshoot? Thanks.
Okay, so here's the skinny...a friend of mine had a kitchen remodeled. They partially knocked down a wall (turned into a pony wall) that had a 3-way switch and moved it to another wall. All of the original wiring was aluminum (sucks) but the newly relocated switch (that has copper wiring attached) is connected to the aluminum wiring somewhere that can't be found. I have not checked any outlet boxes yet but by the looks of things I wouldn't be surprised if it was connected and capped off and left somewhere in that wall :no:. Either way, the 3 way switch does not work properly.
Here is the problem:
Switch 1 must remain in the on position in order for switch 2 to work properly. If switch 1 is in the off position then switch 2 does nothing. I have attached pics of the switches and their wiring as well as the wiring to the fixture.
Switch 1: It has a white and two red wires on its terminals.
Switch 2: It has red, white and black on its terminals.
Workbox:
The fixture was wired with one red wire from a 12-3 cable going to the black wire of the light fixture and the white wire from the 12-3 cable to the white wire of the fixture. In the work box there are a total of three cables (two 12-2 and one 12-3). All of the whites are capped together, all of the blacks together and like I said above the one red wire to the black of the fixture and the white to the fixture as well.
Can anyone help me troubleshoot? Thanks.