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Originally Posted by
rickbarnes61
The middle switches are indeed 4 way not double polled. (My mistake for the mis-guided question)....
Good catch on me trying to catch you.
Hey, stranger things have been found. I thought it would have been very possible that you took out a real four way, and not notice it was different from a double pole switch, and used DP switches in place of the 4 ways.
Before you start taking anything apart, you need to keep your wits about you with three way/four way wiring.
Three way switches are easy, 3 terminals and one is marked common.
4 ways, not so much, some the traveler pairs connect top and bottom, some on either side, so be careful how those connect.
I don't have my 3way/4way diagram handy on this PC, but I am sure you can find one on the Net.
Mark every wire and which terminal it is connected to before you get too far with wires and terminals and loose track of what went where.