It all started with my genius idea to move a 3-gang light switch box. It is easily several feet out of reach from the entrance to the room. Finding it in the dark was easier said than done.

I'd moved a few boxes in the past and I was completely confident in YouTube pointing me in the right direction if I got lost. I took of the faceplate, took pictures of the setup so I could reassemble accordingly, and went on my merry way of drywall destruction.

That's when everything went to the bad place. The pictures got deleted by a nefarious toddler grabbing my phone or the internet just really doesn't like me. Now my random attempts to get things back the way they should have been have yielded nothing!

The lights involve two 3-way switches (one to the adjacent hallway and another to the large fluorescent in the center of the room), and a grouping of can lights.

Is this something that an electrician can fix easily? Should I just keep attempting random combinations until I short circuit either myself or the fuse box? Any help will be wonderful, even if it is to immediately stop whatever I'm doing and find a electrician.

I'm in Durham, NC for electrical code references. Also, if you're local and have a good referral, please feel free to share!

 

No. First tell us the wiring in the box with two three ways you did not move.

• Number of 3-conductor cables (red, white, black).
• Number of 2-conductor cables (white, black).
• Tell us the color wire connected to the common (odd colored screw, usually dark gray) and if it is from a 2-conductor cable or a 3-conductor cable.
• Same information for the travelers.
• Tell us any connections in the box not connected to the switch such as two whites connected to each other.

We do not need to know about the ground wires.