3 Way Wiring with no neutral advice

[schmohawk]

Hi all,

I was hoping someone could help me verify the wiring I have installed on my switches and ensure I’m not just taking some crazy pills.

It is a 3 way switch, with switch 1 having red wire, white wire, black wire attached to switch, and a white wire and black wire connected together with a wire nut. Picture below.

Switch 2 has: 1 red wire, 1 black wire and 1 white wire attached to the switch thats it.

Judging by the fact that the white and black wires in switch 1 are connected together, am I right in assuming there is no neutral wire? Also when I use a multi-meter the white wire in switch 1 seems to be my line and the black wire my load. I’m in Canada, but does this seem right?

Thanks for any help.

[harjms]

@schmohawk

right in assuming there is no neutral wire?

Correct. Line drops to switch 1, but is transferred immediately to switch 2 via the BLK. So you’ll need to put the Dimmer in with an aux switch.

[harjms]

[schmohawk]

I was afraid of that…ok thanks for the help.

I’ll look at getting an aux switch.