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Can you replace a 3-way light switch with a standard switch and cap off the wires or can you use the 3-way switch and make it into a standard switch?
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∙ 19y ago
It can be done but it requires knowledge about how a 3way is wired to convert it to a regular switch. It would involve testing live wires to determine where power starts at. You can't just replace one switch.
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∙ 19y ago
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∙ 14y agoYes, if you wire it correctly. The down side is it won't have an on-off label on the switch. Connect supply voltage (Black wire) to the common terminal on 3-way switch and the load to either of the two other connections. By convention the light should be on when switch handle is up and off when switch handle is down.
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