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| I'm installing a switched outlet, controlled by two three way switches.
My setup is to be:
So, I want to connect Black from feed in Box #1 to black conductor of 14-3 running between the two boxes. Red and white will be travellers. In box #1, Red and white from 14-3 get connected to the two (non common, if you will) terminals of switch #1, and the common terminal of switch #1 gets connected to the 14-2 running to the switched outlet. In all my other 3 way switch wiring, the route has been power to switch #1, then Red/black travellers "hot", with neutral carried by white, and then in switch box #2, a 14-2 running to load with the black attached to common of switch number 2. What is different here is that I'm not running a neutral between the two switches. Is this allowed? I'm running it this way, as there is less cable used. |
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| Ain't gonna work. Power feed into switch #1 connect to common on 3-way switch. 3 wire cable to second switch. At switch one connect red and black to travelers and then connect same to travelers at switch #2. Connect white to common of switch #2 and remark it with black tape. in Switch box #1 connect white from Switch #2 to black fixture wire, again remark the white wire with black tape. In switch box #1 connect white from fixture to white from power source. |
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| So hendricus, I can conclude that red and white can't be used as travellers, only black and red, and hot from feed has to connect to common on switch one, instead of a conductor that would connect it to common terminal on switch # 2 instead. Correct? |
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| Hello tom418 Here is a drawing I made of what I think you are trying to do.
Hope this helps Let us know how you made out with your wiring project Have A Nice Day
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| Hello tom418 Opps This is the way I now understand your description.. But either drawing will work. Make sure you re mark the White traverler wire ends with a Black marker.
Hope this helps Let us know how you made out with your wiring project Have A Nice Day
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| Linesman, that is EXACTLY (your Pic 2) what I'm doing. Thanks! What caught me off guard, is that all of the (four) previous times that I've installed 3 ways switches, they were in order of FEED -> Switch 1 > Switch 2 -> Load. And when I wired these setups, the neutral was carried in the 14-3 romex, with the travellers being Red & Black. So, once again: Thanks. |
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| I got it after reading it again. You are using box 2 for the first switch and box 1 for the second switch. Either way works. |
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