I have a Westinhouse 3-way fan light switch item #7052. What do the numbers 1 and 2 and the letter L in the back of the swith mean? There seem to be a realy box which says that has yellow and purpel wires. On top there is an orange wire and a black wire the black seems to be the hot wire. How should I make yke connections?

SOURCE: Replacing a pull chain 3-way ceiling fan light switch

OK .. the thick black and white are the power for the fan , are there also white wires on the lamp sockets ..??
The thick black wire should connect to the black wire on the switch.
The small black wires connect to the red and blue wire on the switch .. two small black wires each .. that should give you a position for 2 lights , and 4 lights, on the step switch .. but there should be white wires from the lamp sockets connected to the thick white from the fan .

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SOURCE: the replacement switch has 4 wire ports marked

dear sir
try to find out first all wire wich type of you shold use ampere meter for testing thise wire .
ampere meter turn into continuty mode and conecect its one lead (wire cable) to your motors black wire and watch the display what is rating there .and write it next wire check and date write like this way check your all 4 wire and now who is high number data its conect to number 1 after that some low conecet number to switch number 2 after that who is lowest conect to number 3 and that black colour wire conect to the L mark then try to start your motor
hope answer the question
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SOURCE: In replacing a broken pull chain (no 3-way power

I assume the switch operates the lights only. Besides the ground (green or bare) and the neutrals (4 white wires all connected together), the only wires of interest should be 4 wires (black) from the fixture and the 2 wires on your switch. Of the 4 black wires, one of them is the hot wire and the other 3 connect to the three bulbs. Connect the hot wire to either one of your switch leads and connect the other 3 wires to the other switch lead.
If you don't know which of the 4 black wires is hot you can find it by the process of elimination as follows---- connect any three of the black wires together (then supply power), if nothing lights, then the 4th wire is hot. Otherwise 2 bulbs should light. Remove one wire from this trio. If nothing lights, the wire you just removed is the hot wire. Otherwise, one bulb should light and one of these two remaining wires is the hot wire. Take one of those last two wires and connect it to one of the other bulbs. If it lights, then the wire you just moved is hot. Otherwise the one you left behind is hot. I hope this is helpful. Good luck. Be safe! Al K

SOURCE: In replacing a faulty, pull-chain,

well red is usually a hot wire. so try it and see.