3 way switch diagram
#1
06-15-03, 10:43 PM
3 way switch diagram
I 'm hoping to hook up four shop lights in my garage with two three way switches. I can't seem to find a diagram on anything but a single light application.I have a 15 amp breaker feeding switch 1, two eight foot and two four foot shop lights then switch 2. I used 12\2 to feed switch 1, 14\3 for the rest of the circuit.
Any help you can give is VERY much appriciated.
Thanks, Wellard.
#3
06-16-03, 06:46 AM
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It can't be done the way you cabled it.
Let "=" mean 14/3 and "-" mean 14/2.
The way you tried is impossible:
Power-S1=L1=L2=L3=L4=S2
That will never work.
You need one of the following options:
Power-S1=S2-L1-L2-L3-L4
or
Power-S1=L1=S2, and L1-L2-L3-L4
I recommend the first option.
Let "=" mean 14/3 and "-" mean 14/2.
The way you tried is impossible:
Power-S1=L1=L2=L3=L4=S2
That will never work.
You need one of the following options:
Power-S1=S2-L1-L2-L3-L4
or
Power-S1=L1=S2, and L1-L2-L3-L4
I recommend the first option.
#4
06-17-03, 09:21 PM
3 way switch diagram
John Nelson: Thank you for your help. After spending plenty of time investigating three way switch diagrams in every book I could find, your simple explanation was all the info I needed. I have almost completed a 1500sf garage. If I have any other problems I will be sure to ask you sooner.
