Comment on Odd wiring in a 2-gang
apftwb@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Take a contactless voltage detector (or multimeter) to the hot and neutral of the fixture. When the breaker is on, is it 120v? What about when the breaker is off? If its something in between then you might be dealing with mixed hot and neutrals from different branches (sketchy)
I’m struggling to visualize this. Can you make a diagram of what you have verified?
Seefoo@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Do you have a recommended software for diagrams? hopefully something quick n’ easy to use. I can provide a picture, but only one switch is clear unfortunately.
apftwb@lemmy.world 4 days ago
No need for complex software. Paper+pens+camera is good enough. I would recommend MS Paint, but Lemmy users will quickly point out the existence of GIMP.
Broken@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Even hand drawing it on paper would help. You’ve got some weird stuff going on and it’s hard to know what is vs what should be. It’s also hard to translate terms like “hallway” into being box 1 or 2.