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   DanH | Jan 25, 2009 01:10am | #1

   You should have two cables coming into the box, from opposite directions. Just connect the two cables together -- black to black and white to white.

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   BillHartmann | Jan 25, 2009 01:57am | #4

   "black to black and white to white."Or black to black and red to red.Or red to red and white to white.It depends on where the feed and supply is.The 3rd color should already be connected.Now if there are other cables in that box, for the feed and/or supply, it is not that simple. But that would not be common..
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   DanH | Jan 25, 2009 05:04am | #6

   Yeah, the main point is to mate the wire of a given color with the matching wire FROM THE OTHER CABLE, vs wiring a cable back on itself. There should be four loose wires (the others remain connected as they are) and you just match up the colors.
   The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. -John Kenneth Galbraith

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   bergsteiger1 | Jan 27, 2009 03:45am | #7

   Thank you too.  I am going up to my cabin this weekend, so I will give it a shot.

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   DanH | Jan 25, 2009 01:15am | #2

   For a 3-way, make note of which wire is on the brass-colored screw. (The other two screws should be silver colored.) Connect the wire from the brass-colored screw to one of the wires from the silver-colored screws, and tape up the other wire.

   If the remaining switch ends up backwards (off when up) then change the wiring to use the other "silver" wire, but still using the "brass" wire. Or just swap the two "silver" wires on the remaining switch.

   The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. -John Kenneth Galbraith
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   bergsteiger1 | Jan 25, 2009 01:17am | #3

   Thanks a lot Dan.  I'll try what you suggested.

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   brucet9 | Jan 25, 2009 01:57am | #5

   Dan H said, "For a 3-way, make note of which wire is on the brass-colored screw. (The other two screws should be silver colored.)"On Leviton switches the "common" screw (the odd colored one) is black, not brass, and the other two screws are brass. Just be sure that when wired as three-way, the two same-colored screw terminals are connected to the same-colored terminals on the opposite switch. The odd colored screw connects to the hot wire at one switch and the black wire that goes to the fixture at the other switch.BruceT

   Edited 1/24/2009 6:05 pm by brucet9

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   MSA1 | Jan 27, 2009 04:07am | #8

   Its different on a four way. All you're doing is breaking the travelers, do you only need to match the colors back together and you're golden.

   I do hope the OP isnt planning on burying this splice. 

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