Ok, this is my first post, please don't make too much fun. I bought a house and am replacing old light switches. I am very new to electrical wiring. I was replacing switches and everything was fine, until I came to the three way switch. I replaced it with a two way switch :eek: It had three wires, so I attached two wires to the screws and one to the ground screw. The switch was working fine, but when I clicked the other switch(which I had not changed or done anything to) I saw a flash of light inside the receptacle of the switch that I hadn't done anything to. Now some lights/outlets work and some don't(all on the same breaker). It didn't trip the breaker, and now only some lights on that breaker won't work, while others will. No power to either switch and no power to some outlets. THe ones without power are pretty much all in one room in close proximity, so I'm hoping power is sent to one switch and then 'jumped' to a bunch of other switches/outlets. My guess is that there are two wires that come from the panel that goes to at least two switches on that same breaker(in the breaker panel it has two switches that move together) and one is shorting out but the other is going through switches/outlets that are all good? I know it was stupid and I should have looked into it more, but I didn't and thats why I'm here now...be kind..

During remodeling, I had my electrician attach lighting boxes against wall studs, but of course now that the vanity is installed, the boss would like the location of the sconces to be "just a couple of inches this way." The location she would prefer is nearly centered over the stud. Is it possible to do this without opening the wall again?