Doug Miller wrote:
In article . com, "jmDesktop" wrote:

On a switch one wire is always live regardless of the switch. So
touching the live wire can spoil your day.

One wire is always live? Even if the breaker (not main) is off?

No -- like he said, one wire is always live regardless of the *switch*.
Turning the breaker off will kill it.

Now go get yourself a book on basic residential electrical wiring, or call an
electrician. Working on electricity when you don't know what you're doing is
dangerous, to yourself and others.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

I got it working, but the wire colors were differently placed than the
book, the white one went to the common and black was one of the
'travellers," red, of course, was the other. I looked at the other
switch and it had two black and one red, so I don't know. It worked
and no fires or deaths yet.