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I got it working - thank-you all for your help. Wouldn't have thought it possible otherwise.

jw - thank-you. I will try this tonight.

Billy Bob, Thanks. But in this scenario, the 2 D batteries (i.e. the Power Supply in your schematic) are wired into the harness somehow, which then spits out the red and white wires that I'm connected to, and from there I'm wiring the two 3-way switches in sequence and trying to connect the...

It's heartening to hear I may not be out of options. However, the times I've wired three or four way circuits, I typically have one end of the circuit on the load and the other connected to the power and the traveler wires between. In this case, with only two available wires to connect off...

speedy petey - Thanks. So there's truly no way to have 2 fully separate switches for this thing? I was hoping to have something at the unit and another at the entrance to the room. Also, is it then the case that I will need to periodically detach the face of the unit and replace the 2 D...

I just installed a gas fireplace. My hope is to be able to have 2 separate locations for on/off switching as far as the pilot/starter, essentially just a three-way circuit, except that the unit doesn't seem to be wired for that sort of situation. Inside the unit is a complex wiring harness...

Thank-you. I assume that I also pigtail all the neutral ends (12G feeder, fan, light) together, and then does it matter which switch I place the grounded wires to?

Question on how to connect two switches in a bathroom circuit, where one switch is for the fan, and one is for a light: 20 amp circuit on 12G comes into bathroom, into a GFCI. I then run the GFCI to a single-pole switch in a 2 gang box which is then connected to a ceiling fan. The second...

Thanks for all the help. I think I have it sorted out.

So if I understand what you are saying, Jadnashua, I could conceivably place three separate 20 amp breakers in my subpanel, even though the main circuit is only 30 amps, and as long as the sum total load doesn't exceed 30 amps at any given time (which seems inconceivable to me) I won't be...

Thank-you so much, so far. But, can I physically run three strands of 12G romex out of this subpanel (bedroom, heater, trdmil)? This, in my inexperienced mind, is what I'm blanking on. My associate says I have to run all of this on a single strand of 10G, but since I've got the 12 in...

Also, I don't plan to ever be running the heater and the treadmill at the same time, or certainly not at anything near peak capacity.

I'm finishing a basement, and currently have an unused 20 amp breaker once dedicated for a washer, a well as a 240V outlet for an old dryer long since moved upstairs. The 240 outlet is hooked into my main panel at a twin 30 amp breaker. My plan is to use the 20 amp for the bathroom, and then...