Need help with 3-way switch

[TN_Oldman (Don)]

There is some drawings / images in this topic around post 12 that will help visualize how to wire up a 3 way.

Help with 3-way

Just in case anyone else is having issues with wiring the switches in a 3-way, we put some diagrams together for 2 types of wiring you’ll most likely encounter when trying to switch from your existing 3-way to a Z-Wave 3-way. MOST COMMON WIRING: [image] Rewired using the Zooz master and GE add-on switch: [image] LESS COMMON WIRING: [image] Rewired using the Zooz master and GE add-on switch: [image] It’s also possible that you wiring looks like that which means it does not include a neutral wire in which case you will NOT be able to use these switches: [image]

Doesn’t have to always be this way. For me a visual just helps wrap my head around it or figure out what I need to do to get to where that drawing will work.