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    beckdd1 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 17, 2013, 06:16 PM
    FED lights on three way switches
    I have installed LED recessed lights on three way switches. It seems the lights will not work when I attempt to turn them on starting at on switch. If I walk to the other three way the lights will come on, from this point on both three way switches work perfectly fine. This never happened when I had Incandescent bulbs in the lights. Any suggestions?
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    Mar 18, 2013, 04:12 AM
    This sounds very much like a problem with the switch wiring. Did you mess with the wiring? There should be no functional difference between LED and incandescent lights.
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    Mar 18, 2013, 06:27 PM
    Agree with Wally. Sounds like a classic miswired 3-way.
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