How to Install a 3-Way Switch

Contractor Tim Federspiel shows you how to install a 3-way light switch.

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[mfstshd]

this wasn't a 3 way

[MrCooklw]

@MickVick1977 Oh! Ok. Trying to learn this stuff. I can do just about anything but electricity.

[ironslayer666]

When he was done he only tested the one switch and not the other end of this three way switch system. No ground and no neutral (as the neutral was used as a traveler), interesting.

[MickVick1977]

@MrCooklw They are travelers It doesn't matter where they go

[MultitaskMe]

@alfredreed please don't take this the wrong way, but if you're not sure about what the different colors of the wires mean, then you probably should not be doing any electrical work on your house. If I were you, I would always contact an electrician.

[alfredreed]

Watching this video, and reading the other comments, I'm scared to death. I'm not an electrician, and I can't tell if this is safe or not. There should be absolutely NO DOUBT about the SAFET of the instructions. THE VIDEO SHOULD BE REMOVED!!!

[MrCooklw]

He hooked the red where thevwhite was and the white where the red was. Why?

[Techozek]

Eh, white wire not identified as line (or hot :P) conductor?

[smithdennis4]

lol he was afraid to touch the wires xd

[passavator1]

@odmcarp sounds to me like a. you cant read, or b. you threw the instructions away.