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About a year ago I had two recessed lights installed in
the hallway. They were previously regular lights, so I
was told it was just cutting a hole out and hooking the
wiring back up. He also changed the switches to the newer
flat switches. They worked for 2 months until one day it
just stopped working. I'm not too keen working with
electricity.

Just a few weeks ago I called the actual makers of the
recessed lighting and they said that it "sounds" like a
problem with both of the actual units internal
components. Seemed a little weird to me, i thought it had
something to do with the wiring. But I got the new units,
thinking that will an easy fix on my side. Since all the
wiring is set up I could just match the connections with
the new identical unit.

Switched off the power to the hallway, tested making sure
I turned off the right breaker. Then installed white to
white / black to black / ground to ground on one of the
units, leaving the other one alone. Put a light in, and
as soon as I switched on the breaker, I heard a pop near
the actual light. And the breaker popped to the middle
position. Looked up online which said it's in the neutral
position after being popped.

Call an electrician. Wiring a 3 way is not as simple as what you did, there
is another wire involved. Additionally the power can come from various
locations (switch, light).

http://www.homeimprovementweb.com/in...way-switch.htm

And leave the breaker off until the electrician fixes it.

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dadiOH
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