$-way switch wiring

11-12-2012, 06:27 PM	#1
Marcel Newbie   Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 1	$-way switch wiring I have a 4-way switch circuit with source power coming in to box1 and going out again. With power disconnected from box 1, I still measure voltage between ground and red and also between ground and black on the wires between box 1 and 2. About 14 and 20 volts. Where is this voltage coming from?

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11-12-2012, 06:37 PM	#2
mlijoi Member   Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern Ontario, Canada Posts: 64	$-way switch wiring Induced voltage from somewhere downstream of box 2??

11-12-2012, 07:02 PM	#3
joed Member     Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Welland, Ontario Posts: 6,014	$-way switch wiring You are using a digital meter and the voltages are phantom voltage induced by capacitive coupling. __________________ Do not PM with questions that can be asked in a forum. I will not respond.