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Joined: Mar 2001
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Originally posted by frenchblueC2:
I like when switches in a hallway or stairway work like that.
We have a funky one in our house that doesn't quite work that way.
You have to switch the light on with one switch, and can only shut it off by using the same switch or the other switch.
However, if you forgot which one you last used to shut the light off, then you forget which one to use later to switch the light back on.
When we first moved in, we thought the lightbulb was burned out.
Then we discovered the other switch also goes to that light.
It's useful most of the time, but pretty frustrating when the light doesn't always switch on and you gotta walk down the hallway in the dark to get to the correct switch. lol!
Oy someone didn't wire your house correctly. You'd just need to convert the serial circuit to a parallel one and buy 3-way switches. It's not that hard to fix if you're not afraid of playing with wires or small holes in your wall.
My dad (a very capable do-it-yourselfer) installed more than his fair share of 3-ways in our 1960s home. Off the top of my head I count six (garage, foyer, downstairs hall, upstairs hall, kitchen, basement room). There might be more. Our house is quite small too - there's more than a 50% chance that a switch you find anywhere in the house is part of a 3-way.
When I was much younger I was obsessed with making sure they were all pointed down when off, until I realized that it was impossible the way two of the circuits had been physically installed (and I'm just too darn lazy to take the faceplate off and turn the switch around!)
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