I have attached a Makeshift Schematic of a house I was troubleshooting today.
The program I used to scratch this up doesn't have an image file for receptacles so I just used something else and titled it "SReceptacle 1 and SReceptacle 2"
L1, L3, and L4 are supposed to come on together, via the 3way switching.
L2 is supposed to come on by itself. via the single pole switch.
However:
The 3way switching functioned properly but only turned on lights L3, and L4.
If the single pole switch was closed both L1, and L2 would turn on, but would be very dim: However they would only come on if L3, and L4 were off.
Basically if the single pole switch was closed, the 3 way switching would turn on L1, and L2 in one position: and L3, and L4 in the other position.
This is where I am confused: Both Receptacle 1 and Receptacle 2 were wired with reverse polarity. Receptacle 1 had a lamp plugged into it. I corrected the polarity on both receptacles, and now everything works perfectly.
If nothing was plugged into these receptacles even with the reverse polarity everything should work fine, as the receptacle would simply be connecting the white and black wires all the way through.
I wish I would have tested the circuit without the lamp plugged in, but I was just happy to be out of there. Now it's bothering me, does this make any sense? Could having the lamp plugged in with reverse polarity have done this? Or was it a coincidence that everything started working after I fixed the polarity?
Cheers!
The program I used to scratch this up doesn't have an image file for receptacles so I just used something else and titled it "SReceptacle 1 and SReceptacle 2"
L1, L3, and L4 are supposed to come on together, via the 3way switching.
L2 is supposed to come on by itself. via the single pole switch.
However:
The 3way switching functioned properly but only turned on lights L3, and L4.
If the single pole switch was closed both L1, and L2 would turn on, but would be very dim: However they would only come on if L3, and L4 were off.
Basically if the single pole switch was closed, the 3 way switching would turn on L1, and L2 in one position: and L3, and L4 in the other position.
This is where I am confused: Both Receptacle 1 and Receptacle 2 were wired with reverse polarity. Receptacle 1 had a lamp plugged into it. I corrected the polarity on both receptacles, and now everything works perfectly.
If nothing was plugged into these receptacles even with the reverse polarity everything should work fine, as the receptacle would simply be connecting the white and black wires all the way through.
I wish I would have tested the circuit without the lamp plugged in, but I was just happy to be out of there. Now it's bothering me, does this make any sense? Could having the lamp plugged in with reverse polarity have done this? Or was it a coincidence that everything started working after I fixed the polarity?
Cheers!
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