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The mudroom box has 3 switches: single pole switch for exterior garage peak light(seems to be wired as a pass-through for an Intermatic timer), 3 way pilot for exterior garage side lights(this one works), 3 way pilot for interior garage ceiling lights(this one doesn't work). It's pretty rat's...

It is run with cable. There was a labeled, spare wire (red) between the boxes, I used that for the "4th Pilot" wire. My understanding was that I needed to bring load power back to the pilot switch pigtail. Took pictures and drew a sketch with limited colors, Brown=Black, Red=Red, Blue=White...

Solid advice. To clarify, both switches can operate the lights independent of the other. To determine hot vs load, I used a voltmeter, grounded to the metal box and put the other lead to the black wire in question. The mudroom switch giving me trouble read ~115v and I determined it to be the...

Painting the mudroom has led me to changing out all the brown switches and outlets. The previous owner used switches with pilot lights for the garage ceiling and exterior lights, I like them and decided to replace them with Leviton 5638 rockers. The one for the exterior lights is working like...

I moved from middle TN to central PA over the summer, used self-loaded containers for short term storage and company contracted movers for the interstate portion. I packed my 30 gallon oilless compressor against a wall and tied it down. I pulled the handle off my floor jack and wrapped it with...

Thanks--Mechanics 3-pack order placed!