From: "John A. Weeks III" 
Newsgroups: ba.general ba.consumers misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Correcting a "misbehaving" 3-way switch
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 06:36:29 -0500

In article ,
 Kevin McMurtrie  wrote:

> In article <1116564564.118617.109810@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>  deja_bhoot2000@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Switch position   Result           Comment
> > A_up, B_up        Both lights on   ==> lights 1 & 2 are in parallel
> > A_down, B_up      Both lights off  As expected
> > A_up, B_down      Both lights off  As expected
> > A_down, B_down    Both lights OFF  THIS IS THE PROBLEM

> The bottom connection is broken.  I recommend buying two new light 
> switches because they're cheap ($1 - $5).  Probably a wire came loose 
> from the switch arced away the connector.

That is one way.  Another option is to replace one switch.
If it fixes the problem, great.  If not, take the switch
that you removed and use that to replace the other switch.

If one switch has gone bad, the 2nd one is probably not
far behind, so replacing both is a pretty good idea.
They are quick to swap out once you get the power turned
off (and confirm it is off with a meter).

-john-

-- 
======================================================================
John A. Weeks III           952-432-2708            john@johnweeks.com
Newave Communications                         http://www.johnweeks.com
======================================================================