Hello all. I am fooling with a 3 way switch wired like I have never seen, and it is giving me nothing but headache. Perhaps someone here has answers. I am working on a stairway light, with a a switch at the top and bottom of the stairs. It has worked for 20+ years. In doing some remodeling, I had to re-route a wire in the line, and reconnected the wire in two 1900 boxes. Since the move, the switch at the top of the stairs will only control the light if the switch at the bottom of the stairs is on. Of course I didn't notice this until I has screwed up the drywall. Anyway, I did the obvious, pulling down the drywall and checking the connections in the 1900 boxes. All connections are fine. I delved farther into the mix, and thats where things got strange. Here's what I've gathered - Source is in the fixture, and is wired down to the switch at the top of the stairs, then that switch is wired to the switch at the bottom of the stairs. I can make sense of most if it, except that at the upper switch, a neutral from above and the red going to the lower switch are connected. I presume this is how they sent the source power down to the lower switch. The white/black from the lower switch run directly up to the upper switch, and the black from the source runs to the upper switch. Whatever the case, it worked properly up until I cut into the line. Now I have one of two possibilities, niether of which explain to me why they connected the white and the neutral . 1. There is a break somewhere in transfer running from the upper switch to the lower switch. Or, 2. there is a faulty switch. If anyone has any ideas or tips to narrow it down, I am ALL ears! I do have a multimeter, wiring diagrams, and if all else fails, a paperclip. Thanks! Brandon

I am trying to remove a lighted ceiling fan and replace it with a light fixture. The new fixture has 3 wires Black, White and copper ground. The fan has 2 cables in the box both are Black, White and bare. The Wall switch is 1 switch. I have tried all sorts of combos and am so confused now that I don't even remember which ones I have tried. Some leave the light on all the time. One has light until you flip the wall switch, then you get nothing...Now...where should I start, back at square one? Do I need to pull one of these cables out of the box/wall completely?