Hello, and with the disclaimer that I’m no electrician whatsoever,

I had this three-way light switch in my room, which only controlled one light - and its pilot lit when the light was set off. Unfortunately I had to break the wall it was onto because the neighbor had water issues. Left the switch connected to the wires as I thought it wasn’t necessary to unplug it, but the person that fixed the wall unplugged it nevertheless.

The thing is I can’t remember how it was plugged. I can plug hot and ground (at 0 and 1, or 0 and 3) so I can turn on/off the light, but the pilot won’t work in any case.

Here’s a picture of the back of the switch, the numbers at each connector and the little diagram (tried to recreate it at the right side) that is engraved there. Not even sure why it’s 0, 1 and 3 but no 0, 1 and 2 - nor what the little “m” means:

So how can I connect this so the pilot works as before (it’s lit when the light is turned off?) I’d really appreciate any help about this from any electron wizard around here.

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    1 month ago

    Do you have another identical switch that’s wired and working? Try taking a picture of that wiring in that case

    The actual switch piece doesn’t seem to have distinguishable branding, I was trying to find an instruction manual

    Also check if the lever on the switch can be detached to see if you can look at the pilot light source and any visible connections