Knob Brass
Light switches with knob and tube wiring?
I replaced all my light switches in VERY OLD my house over the last few days with new switches. He is the original button and tube wiring goes to most of them. I have not had any problems until I replaced a light connected to 2 switches. The light from the room at the top of my stairs is connected a switch and a low pass on the floor. A switch has 4 up to her son and another son was 3. The two new switches switches and 2-way have brass fittings and copper on the right and brass connections and green on the left. Any ideas on how they should be connected? I re-wired several times but can not make them work together. Either switch it works at some point or work. actually I think they are 3-way switches. they are the ones say that on / off switch on
Typical 3-way switch has 2 switches. a switch is powered hot all the time by the power source. It must be 2 son uninterrupted between each switch. (Travelers). . The switch accepts those other 2 travelers. The third terminal of the switch to opposing the driver of the switch leg. This goes directly to the head fixture hot .. So .. we switch to three with a warm climate and 2 passengers under three screws. the other two passengers and has the pass leg ... his only way its going ... you may have to take an ohmmeter and "prove" your passenger each switch. TURN OFF POWER FIRST! Now, if we wanted to switch between our two 3way, we would break our travelers (2 son) by a switch to 4 tract .. OK, your situation ... 4 switch to a son, 3 at the other. Is there another way 3 in the layout switching lite? If so, you work on a 4-way switch and a means 3 ... If this is not the case, then you can have puzzles to ... The ancients used to your creativity with old K & T wire, especially when it came to switching .. grounds equipment and forget, because they did not exist then .. Remember, it must begin and end with a switching means 3 ... you can put 100 4way switches between the two .. also on your new switches, there will be 2 "as the color" and saw a little different. travelers pass under the 2 screws as .. Very important! Good luck!