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Harry K
 
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Default Jumping a single porchlight switch from a 2 way hall switch


whosthat wrote:
" I think you may be in over your
head" = I'm too busy... so don't bother. I have had basic
electronics, and have been helping wire for years. I can totaly
understand directions. I haven't had to jump a wire yet. I will find
out how. If you want to watch the game, rather than help..just say so.
Don't insult my intelligence with the "over your head" cop out. You
don't know how much I go in my head, brother.
Love in christ


Ik've been watching this since your first post. You appear to have a
basic misunderstanding of a single switch. Here is a quick diagram of
a simple switch wiring.

Hot (black)----------switch--------black--------light-----neutral
(white)

I
Nuetral
----------------------------------------------------------------------I

I don't know how that is going to come out but the point is you only
have ONE black wire going to the switch, one from the switch to the
light and the light then connects to the white.

When you keep referring to 2 black "positive" from the 2 way to the one
way you obviously don't understand it.

Now for your problem. Someone else way up thread already said it but I
will repeat it.

On a 2 way switch circuit you have a always HOT coming into only one of
the two switch boxes. You jumper from that wire to the single switch
and out to the porch light.

You cannot do the same in the second box as there are only switched
black wires there.

If you would drop the "positive" and "negative" and also drop the
attitude and LISTEN you might get somewhere.

Harry K