The house that Belle and I call home was built in 2001. Very few problems, but recently we noticed a problem with a switch that controls the back porch light. Not a problem, easy-peasy. I took the face plate off and found a double switch. I had never changed one of those.
So, I took a picture and heded down to my local electrical supply. Wandered up to the counter.
Counterman asks, "What'cha got? I showed him the picture.
"Is that a two-way, or a three-way?"
"Hell, I don't know."
"Well, " says he, "It matters. The backs are different. I'll sell you a two-way and when you get home and find out it won't work, come back."
As it turns out, it is a two-way, it works, and Belle is happy. Sometimes a blind hog does find an acorn.
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IIRC, not counting one possible green ground screw: two screws for a two-way, three for a three-way. Eliminate the possibility of a return trip to the store: take pictures, label everything, take the old switch with you ... and then go back to the store because we all know it's an immutable law of Nature that only one trip will be insufficient regardless of the simplicity of the project. I recently moved into a house with 60yo wiring apparently done by a drunk color-blind non-electrician on a tight budget. Thank Crom the hardware store is only one mile away.
Yay! Only ONE trip to the hardware store is a winner!!!
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