Can someone double check my wiring diagram?

dizzo72 · Apr 10, 2010

Hi,

Just wanted a second set of eyes on this wiring diagram. I borrowed most of it from the last figure on this page: http://www.homeimprovementweb.com/information/how-to/three-way-switch.htm
Credit where credit is due after all.

Does this seem like a reasonable way to get four fixtures in a long journey without running 3wire the whole length?

Thanks
-D

Alectrician · Apr 10, 2010

Does this seem like a reasonable way to get four fixtures in a long journey without running 3wire the whole length?

Reasonable is a relative term.

I never run the travelers thru the lights. Too many extra splices and you have to take fixtures down to troubleshoot.

2 wire power at one end, 2 wire switch leg at either end and 3 wire between them is the way to go. Nothing in the fixture boxes except the switch legs.

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Lightwave · Apr 10, 2010

Be careful with box fill limits for the upper left hand octagon box on your schematic.

Jbfan74 · Apr 11, 2010

Like stated above, least complicated way to do the work.

hj · Apr 11, 2010

Eliminate the run you call #1, and run a two wire, (not 3 wire), cable between the two switches connected to the "traveler" terminals. You have the neutral taken care of in the boxes, so all you need is a "hot" to the first switch from the "fixture #1 box", the travelers between the switches, and the "load" wire from switch #2 to the "fixture #4 box". This will simplify your wiring in the boxes.

Alectrician · Apr 11, 2010

This will simplify your wiring in the boxes.

Unorthodox wiring methods rarely simplify anything.

Keep the power and switch legs in the switch boxes and run a 3wire between them.

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