Hi All, I wonder if the following set-up will work. I have power coming into a 3-way switch via 14/2 cable, then to another 3-way switch via a 14/3 cable. From there, I want to run 3 lights IN SERIES connected by a 14/2 cable. Will this be OK? I want all 3 lights controlled by the 2 switches. Thanks for all the replies.

I'm trying to install a wall sconce and am having trouble. Please help! We had an electrician install a new junction box in the existing (plaster) wall. He used a rectangular box, oriented vertically. Does this seem strange--or wrong? The light that we've chosen has a square canopy, with wires and light socket favoring the lower side (not centered to the canopy). The barely intelligible instructions and the wire configuration both suggest that the lamp requires a horizontal mounting strap. A mounting strap came with the lamp, with a central threaded rod permanently attached. Eventually it will insert through the canopy with an attractive locking nut to secure the canopy to the mounting strap. The provided mounting strap cannot be oriented vertically, to attach to the junction box, as it would interfere with the wires and additional screw holes in the canopy would be oriented 90 degrees from the strap. I purchased a different cross bar that came with 2 items-- a swiveling cross bar, with one flat component and one bent component, permanently joined, but without a central threaded rod; and a single bent component with a very large (5/8"?) central hole. Between these various pieces, how the heck can I get this lamp hung? I'm not sure what order to assemble the pieces, which pieces to use or discard, and how to make the canopy flush to the wall. Would one or the other of those bent straps attach to the box--over or under the flat strap with rod? And bowed out or into the box? Does a flat strap have to be anchored to the box? Furthermore, can these cross-straps be used with a rectangular box? I'm tempted to put another hole in the wall, with a round box and a mounting location for a horizontal strap. But that's guaranteed to be a mess, and there's no going back. I'm not even sure if I can install and secure a round box in an existing wall after a rectangular hole has been cut. Also, the wall is quite shallow, and the old-work boxes that I've seen tend to be quite deep. Can you all please give me some helpful suggestions. I'm frustrated that this ought to have been a very simple project! Thanks.