Hi,
I posted earlier about how a 3-way, illuminated switch works, well, I hooked it up permanently. One is the new commercial grade illuminated 3-way switch and the other is an old residential grade non-illuminated 3-way switch. I came in the house and saw that the illuminated switch was lit and the load was off so, I went in the house and flipped the non-illuminated switch and all I could hear was arcing and the load not lighting up so, I flipped it off and it stopped, I tried it again and the same thing happened, I tried a third time and the light started flickering and then fully lit up, then the arcing sound stopped, I tried 15 more times and it worked fine, I smelled the switch and it smells of ozone. The non-illuminated switch was lying around in my tool box for
4 to 6 years and it had light oxidation on the terminals but, it came from the inside, I thought maybe it was because the load was a small fluorescent sconce but, I think it's because the up position of the switch probably had oxidation on the part that the actuator connected to, because switched down it was fine, it only did that in the up position. I think to ease my mind, I'm going to buy a new one, a commercial grade one, just for added security, but what do you people think about this?Thanks for all your help.