I have a 2 gang box with one 12/3 cable hooked up to 2 light switches controlling 2 exterior flood lights. The are no other cables in the box.
The black wire goes to the first switch. The red wire goes to the 2nd switch. The white wire has black tape on it with two wires pigtailed to it, each of those going to the 2 switches.
The switch with the red wire turns on both flood lights when switched. The switch with the black wire intermittently turns the same 2 lights on as well, sometimes working, most of the time not. Why are there two switches in the same box each controlling the same two lights with one switch only intermittently working? I’ve rarely to never used the lights and just tried them for the first time in several years. Just wondering what’s up with that. Just to be on the safe side I’ve got the circuit breaker turned off.
The black wire goes to the first switch. The red wire goes to the 2nd switch. The white wire has black tape on it with two wires pigtailed to it, each of those going to the 2 switches.
The switch with the red wire turns on both flood lights when switched. The switch with the black wire intermittently turns the same 2 lights on as well, sometimes working, most of the time not. Why are there two switches in the same box each controlling the same two lights with one switch only intermittently working? I’ve rarely to never used the lights and just tried them for the first time in several years. Just wondering what’s up with that. Just to be on the safe side I’ve got the circuit breaker turned off.