Buoyed by the delight of seeing permanent lighting in the great room, I delayed the return to hardwood flooring and got busy with hooking up the kitchen and garage lights – both being areas where the lights were not dependent on the coincident hook-up of receptacles on the same circuit.
After getting the relay for the heat detector wired in (using macro photography inside a wall cavity to determine which wire was which) – as the detectors are to be on a frequently-used circuit, I was pleased to find that the kitchen light switches were already installed. Imagine my surprise, then, when I got the circuit wired into the panel and heard the detectors set, but was unable to get the lights up. Suffice to say, after a period of pondering, puzzling and such, I was able to determine that the three-way switches had been wired up incorrectly. Shortly thereafter, there was light in the kitchen.
With that knowledge in hand, I went out to the garage where I thought I would be able to apply the same solution to the problem of non-working lights out there. After much testing and retesting, no luck. I even tried installing another four-way switch, thinking it might be the culprit. Finally, I checked the Leviton website. Happily, their listing for the 5604 switch also included a wiring diagram. Imagine my surprise when their diagram in no way resembled the one in the Black & Decker guide I've been using as my electrical bible.
Small, but important progress today. Tomorrow, back on my knees.
Is it fair to suppose that these undecipherable glyphs might be the missives of my bro, Ken????
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