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Firstly, I am a novice and would have hired someone if I could afford it, but I cannot and have opened up my kitchen walls and am in need of some assistance if anyone can help.

I have a kitchen light with 2 K.T. wires coming in and out, one hot and one not. The light is controlled by a switch at LOCATION 1 via a wire named LINE 1 with a black and white wire attached to a 3-way switch (the white one to the common and black one to one of the others.) There is nothing connected to the other screw. This LINE 1 was added prpbably in the 50's and travels under my floor into a box on the opposite wall in the kitchen. The white from LINE 1 connects to another wire and travels up the wall at LOCATION 2. However, at LOCATION 2, the black wire from LINE 1 meets up and is pig-tailed to a wire (LINE 2) and also pigtailed to a switch at LOCATION 2. It appears LINE 2 is split going up and down in the wall and I believe the upper is the incomeing hot wire. The switch at LOCATION 2 does not appear to control anything and is only a 2-way switch.

May I add that at LOCATION 2 there is a mystery wire that has no juice, travels both up and down in the wall and has a pig-tail at LOCATION 2's box but that end is just capped off and goes no where. Could this have been the common in an old 3-way box. I believe the electrical was put in the 1920's or 30's, then upgraded in the 50's and 70's. I have wires literally all over the place. I cannot reach the knob and tube wires to pull new wire but can probably run all new if I can figure out where the hot wire comes in I guess. My wife is about to kill me and I need some advice if you can help.

I have a diagram and photos if that helps. I find it odd that the power comes into one switch and is pig-tailed to another switch and it is that switch which controls the light. I am baffled even after staring at it for hours last night.