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This may be a little continued but you guys are consistently allurement for added info, aggravating to get all the capacity in.

Replacing a bank ablaze accoutrement (and afore I'm chastised about not acquainted the access afore accident them - my bedmate did that while I was out).

I accept researched for hours on the internet, mostly this forum. I bought a voltage detector. I've labeled breakers. I bought the book, "Wiring 1-2-3" from Home Depot. (I've apparent "Wiring Simplified" recommended on this site, hopefully this one is comparable.)

This accoutrement is operated by two switches (one at top and one at basal of stairs). (There are added lights / outlets on this breaker.)

Coming out of the bank area the accoutrement goes are 3 sets of wires, 1 anniversary of black, white and arena (bare copper). The new ablaze accoutrement additionally has 3 wires: black, white & copper.

Following the guidelines I pulled from addition thread: "The ability augment is the atramentous / white brace that makes the ablaze on all the time. The about-face bend is the atramentous / white brace that makes the ablaze not assignment at all. So, now

* Affix the atramentous wire of the ability augment to the white wire of the about-face loop. Neither of these affairs affix to the fixture.

* Affix the atramentous from your accoutrement to the atramentous from the about-face loop.

* Affix the white from your accoutrement to the white from the ability feed.

* Affix all accomplishments wires.

That's it. It'll work. I agreement it.

I've activated the affairs to acquisition the ability feed. (In this set of affairs alone the atramentous wire activated hot. The white one did not. Is this correct?)

I accept all the arena affairs calm with a wire nut.

My capital catechism is: Since there are two switches that accomplish this fixture, are there two about-face loops?

If so, my compassionate is that I would advance by:

- abutting the atramentous ability augment wire to the two white affairs from the about-face loops

- affix the atramentous accoutrement wire to the two atramentous affairs from the about-face loops

- affix the white accoutrement wire to the white ability augment wire

So, am I close?

Thanks for all your help. Love this web site.

(One added question, can you acquaint me how to get my bedmate to STOP aggravating to fix things?)