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Don Y[_3_]

On 10/22/2015 4:49 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 10/22/2015 5:19 AM, wrote:
My situation is a little trickier. When taking off all 6 wires, there's a
hot wire at each switch. As I understand it, when the power source is
between the switches, only one can be connected to the common. The way it's
wired now, one switch must remain in the "on" then controlled from the second
switch.

Without colored wires, the only ones I can identify are the hot wires.

Any advice?

Yellow vinyl tape and magic marker allows you to
label the wires before removing. So you know where
they go. Wrap the tape around the wire and back
to itself, making a "tape flag".

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