3 way circuit wiring question!
#1
02-26-17, 01:57 PM
3 way circuit wiring question!
Hi, i have 3 way circuit. 2 fixtures between switches (power to switch). I have 3w ground run from switch 1 to 1st fixture, 2 each 2w ground run between fix1 and fix2, 3wground from fix2 to 2nd switch.
I simply want to add more fixtures in parallel to both fixtures in this circuit. Can i just pigtail off fix1 or fix2 hot and neutral to add more fixtures w no issues?
Thx
MP
I simply want to add more fixtures in parallel to both fixtures in this circuit. Can i just pigtail off fix1 or fix2 hot and neutral to add more fixtures w no issues?
Thx
MP
#3
02-26-17, 03:32 PM
Group Moderator
Welcome to the forums.
Another...... "lights between three way switches thread".
We came across the same exact scenario today
Not quite sure where this idea is coming from.
There should not be lights between three ways switches.
Another...... "lights between three way switches thread".
We came across the same exact scenario today
Not quite sure where this idea is coming from.
There should not be lights between three ways switches.
#4
02-26-17, 04:37 PM
no fixtures between switches?
Hi Pete, im interested in why you believe there should not be fixtures between switches? I have seen this over and over again in application, and approved the same.
Thanks,
MP
Thanks,
MP
#5
02-26-17, 04:59 PM
It just makes things more complicated in my opinion. Pete can explain his reaons. Simpler to run power to switch A, connect switch A to Switch B with 3-conductor cable then run a 3-conductor cable to switch B and a 2-conductor cable from switch B to the first light. Other lights can be daisy chained from the first light.
Last edited by ray2047; 02-26-17 at 05:18 PM.
#7
02-26-17, 06:10 PM
Group Moderator
An xx-3 cable does not have enough conductors to place the lights between the switches.
http://www.doityourself.com/forum/li...ch-wiring.html
#9
02-27-17, 04:48 AM
Forum Topic Moderator
Some may think the fixtures are wired between the switches when they are after the switches due to the layout. Hard to tell without seeing the wiring.
#10
02-27-17, 08:43 AM
Group Moderator
I don't know but the OP has stated his wiring path and the lights are wired in between the switches.
It works here because he's used 2) two wire cables between lights. At the last light he is sending the two travelers down and the switched hot is coming back up. This leaves no neutral at switch 2 location.
To answer the original question..... yes you can add fixtures to either can 1 or 2 as they both have neutral and switched hot.
It works here because he's used 2) two wire cables between lights. At the last light he is sending the two travelers down and the switched hot is coming back up. This leaves no neutral at switch 2 location.
To answer the original question..... yes you can add fixtures to either can 1 or 2 as they both have neutral and switched hot.
#11
02-27-17, 12:35 PM
Yes, it just so happens that my layout has constraints that make this setup easier i.e. running a 3 conductor from switch to switch is WAY more work over passing through to the fixtures. Yes an extra conductor is used between the 2 fixtures and its more complicated but this was the least amount of work.
Thanks for your help.
MP
Thanks for your help.
MP
