Hello everyone...not sure where to post this; having general insteon trouble.
I recently created an Insteon 3 way switch for my back porch light. The light can originally be turned on from the garage or the back door. Following the instructions in the installation manual, I located the line wire 120v in the garage switchbox. In my case, this wire is red. There are two travelers, one red, one black. There is a neutral wire and a ground. I treated this switch as the secondary switch and proceeded as follows:
1. Capped the switchlinc load wire (red)
2. Grouped the switchlinc black wire with the line voltage and the black traveler wire.
3. Grouped neutral to neutral and ground to ground.
In the primary switch box, I connected a keypad Linc in the usual fashion, with the line wire connected to the black traveler. For 2 weeks, the system worked flawlessly. All of a sudden, both switches lost power. I took everything out, re-wired (assuming I had a loose connection), and again got the switches powered up and working. This time it lasted for a few days. The third time I re-wired, it lasted for a couple of days, and the last time it only lasted through the day. So each time, I can restore power to the switches by starting all over again, but they inevitably stop working.
Can anyone tell me what's wrong? Is there some sort of local circuit breaker on the switches themselves that a being tripped? The breaker at the main box does not get thrown when the switches die. I've installed other insteon switches, including 3 way, with nothing but success. Thanks for any help.