I am working as an electrician’s assistant, and I’m having a hard time conceptualizing how three- and four-way switches work. Why are they called three-way or four-way, and how does this affect their function? I just need someone to dumb it down for me!
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These are easiest explained with a pole diagram.
Trying to keep it clear:
A three way switches a common contact on the left between two out contacts right (single pole, double throw).
A four way switches two contacts on the left between opposite contacts on the right (double pole, double throw).
How you interconnect them depends on what you want to do.
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