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You are showing all 4 switches as 3 way switches , are all these switches controlling the same lights? If so there has to be 2 4 way switches involved . You can not use 3 way switches in all the locations. A 4 way switch will have 4 connection on it. You are showing all switches having only...

Nobody seems to understand what i am asking. I would like to find out how a #10 neutral got to the range location. I know what the neutral does once it get there. What I am saying is they do not make a romex with 2 #6 and a #10 neutral and a #10 ground. So I just wanted to know how the neutral...

I guess you did not understand what i was saying. Normally all the conductors in a cable are the same size. they do not under size the neutral. So the question i am asking is how there is only a #10 neutral. I understand exactly how everything works.and i also understand that they do not under...

The wire size is correct for a 50 amp circuit,#6 is rated for 60 amps,but what i do not understand is you say the neutral is a #10. In a normal cable all the conductors are the same size except for the ground which would be #10.

Joe Did you look a the drawing slownsteady posted on one of his threads. It clearly shows the hot and the neutral in the same cable. They use the lighting box to do there make up. There is nothing in the drawing he posted that was a code infraction as long as it is done in romex and not single...

Thanks for the drawing. That what i thought was happening but wasn't sure. It is odd but it works.

can you id the switch legs going to then lights? Who ever wired the existing switches must not of had any 14-3. if you had 3 14-2 in the switch box they had to be using 2 of the 14-2 as travelers and the last as a power wire with one of those conductor from it not being used. Have you taken the...

Are these 3 way switch existing or are you wanting to make them 3 ways. if they are existing did they work at one time? I am a little confused. Is there a 14-3 at both 3 way switch location or is one switch 14-3 and the other 14-2. it takes 3 wires to make a 3 way work and using the ground wire...

if you have just 2 14-3 in the switch box most likely all the make up is done in the second switch locations. The hot and the switch legs could both be in the second switch location and that may be where they picked up the neutral. there are a lot of different ways to wire 3 way switches. I have...

Do you Know exactly what is on the circuit, and how far did the electrician trace it before he gave up. It sound like you have circuit breaker so some of the electrical has already been ungraded. Are you dealing with knob and tube or romex. if it is romex does it include a ground wire. Have you...

You will find the power you need in the lighting box. if you remove the existing fixture you will find the power connection for the existing switch,pick up the power for your fan there and you can drop another wire down the wall for the second switch.

djosephs: are you sure these baseboard heater are 110. They make them both 110 and 220. If you are not getting a voltage reading at the baseboard heater but you feel a tingle you need a different type of voltage meter,one that will read a low voltage situation. And that is what it sound like. A...