Here are a couple of diagrams of how some 3-way switches that I have seen were wired. Take a look at the available wires and see if you think they can be wired to work properly. In both diagrams, each 3-way switch basically has a hot, a neutral and one single wire going up to the light fixture. 3-Way Switch Diagram 1: In the above diagram I ran up on this situation one time on a service call for a 3-way that wasn't working right. I have to admit that upon first looking at it I had to scratch my head for a few minutes before I was able to get it working right. This next diagram was how one was wired that I ran up on that did work and it made me wonder how it could possibly work right. After seeing how they had it wired it made sense then. 3-Way Switch Diagram 2: I have seen 3-way switches wired about every way possible but these two had to be tops in the unusual department. To see the answers or solutions on how to wire these to make them work just click here. *
If the water bill came in a little high then you could have a hidden water leak. The easiest way to verify this is at your water meter. If you will look at your meter you will notice a small triangular shaped device. This leak detector spins when water is going through the meter.
It is imperative to make sure that there is no water running in the house before checking the meter. With no water on in the house then the triangle shaped leak detector should not be moving at all. If it is moving then this shows that water is going somewhere.
You should have a main shutoff valve somewhere in the system before it branches off inside the house. Shut this main valve off and then recheck the leak detector at the meter. If the detector is still spinning then this shows a leak somewhere between the meter and the valve that you just shut down.
Look for any wet or mushy spots in the yard or under the floor. If you keep searching you will locate the leak because water is not hard to find when it is somewhere that it shouldn’t be.
In the above diagram I ran up on this situation one time on a service call for a 3-way that wasn't working right. I have to admit that upon first looking at it I had to scratch my head for a few minutes before I was able to get it working right. This next diagram was how one was wired that I ran up on that did work and it made me wonder how it could possibly work right. After seeing how they had it wired it made sense then. 3-Way Switch Diagram 2: 
I have seen 3-way switches wired about every way possible but these two had to be tops in the unusual department. To see the answers or solutions on how to wire these to make them work just click here. *
