Hi all,
I would like to add a second light to an existing three-way switch circuit with one light currently. The existing circuit is very standard... power from breaker to switch 1, 14/3 NM to switch 2, then 14/2 to the light. Nothing else on the circuit. I know the ideal is obviously to add the new light after the first.
But here's my dilemma. The first switch is in an unfinished area at the bottom of a staircase. The stairway, however, is totally finished (texture, paint, etc.), so the second switch and light are both behind the finished wall. To add the second light after the first one per standard, I would have to cause significant damage to the finished wall and ceiling. I'm not sure it will be practical to fish a wire through holes either, given the number of studs and/or joists I would have to penetrate in any feasible direction.
I'll cut into the finished wall if I have to, but would prefer not to. Is there any way to add the second light either before the first switch or between the switches using the existing setup? Seems to me that I'm probably out of luck, but I thought I'd ask all the same before I start tearing the wall up.
I would like to add a second light to an existing three-way switch circuit with one light currently. The existing circuit is very standard... power from breaker to switch 1, 14/3 NM to switch 2, then 14/2 to the light. Nothing else on the circuit. I know the ideal is obviously to add the new light after the first.
But here's my dilemma. The first switch is in an unfinished area at the bottom of a staircase. The stairway, however, is totally finished (texture, paint, etc.), so the second switch and light are both behind the finished wall. To add the second light after the first one per standard, I would have to cause significant damage to the finished wall and ceiling. I'm not sure it will be practical to fish a wire through holes either, given the number of studs and/or joists I would have to penetrate in any feasible direction.
I'll cut into the finished wall if I have to, but would prefer not to. Is there any way to add the second light either before the first switch or between the switches using the existing setup? Seems to me that I'm probably out of luck, but I thought I'd ask all the same before I start tearing the wall up.