Is it possible to wire a hall light in a 4 way set up with lighted decora switches. The master switch box [the 4 way] does not contain a ground. Regardless of how I wire the 4 leads to the 4 screws of the 4 way switch the hall light will not work correctly from all three locations, and depending on the way I wire the 4 way switch some of the other 3 way switches in the same circuit will not light while in the off position.
wiring a 4 way illuminated switch, no ground
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HI joe. Thanks for the speedy response. In ans to your question. I don't believe I did any wire rearranging to the two 3 way switches in the original wiring. If I did, I don't know; but, I can say that after the two new illuminated decora 3 way switches were installed, they and the one original toggle 4 way switch all worked properly. Only after replacing the old 4 way toggle switch did I begin to have the problem. Neither of the original two 3 way switches were illuminated switches, nor was the one original 4 way illuminated.
If everything worked before you changed the 4 way you possibly mixed up the travelers or have them on the wrong screws. The 4-way switch obviously has 4 screws. The color of the screws are paired by color. Possibly two dark colored and two light (silver or maybe brass) in color. If you take the "paired" travelers of each wire (could be black and red, or white and red etc.) and put them on the same two paired color screws then the switch should work properly. 4-ways are made differently from manufacturer to manufacturer. There principal is the same but on one you may find the paired across from each other on the top of the switch, the next you may find the paired screws on the side of the switch. Don't know why they do this, to confuse people I guess. Anyway as long as the two paired travelers are on the same colored paired screws the system should work. Good Luck.
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