James23912
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Hi I am trying to run a couple of 3 ways with 2 lights on each section, in each case the power goes into the switch but I dont under stand something, a book I have shows 2 diagrams, one says End of Run Lights Controlled By Two Three Way Switches. the second says Two Lights Between Two Switches with Power through Switch.
the first one is fairly simple, 2 wire power into one switch, then 3 way to second switch, then power to one light and then to the second, ending there, while the second version is far more complicated, power to the first switch, then 3 wire to a fixture, then 2 two wires to the second fixture, then 3 wire to the other switch.
none of the diagrams the book has show power continuing to any other fixture, so maybe that is what I am missing, IOW, every diagram is kind of self contained, but it seems like the first one would be the one to use for any 3 way set up, assuming you can just make a pigtail at the incoming power in the first set up ( the end of run one) and then go to something else.
What I'm getting at is that any 3 way set up is essentially an end of run? I mean, even with a single light and single pole switch, the run just stops at the light, even though power continues thru the switch to something else, so isn't that section to a light basically end of run? or does the fact that power continues on thru a pigtail at the switch mean it is not end of run?
Sorry to be so dense but I don't understand the difference, I have been trying to do outlets first and then finishing at the 3 way switch, but I can't do it for every one
the first one is fairly simple, 2 wire power into one switch, then 3 way to second switch, then power to one light and then to the second, ending there, while the second version is far more complicated, power to the first switch, then 3 wire to a fixture, then 2 two wires to the second fixture, then 3 wire to the other switch.
none of the diagrams the book has show power continuing to any other fixture, so maybe that is what I am missing, IOW, every diagram is kind of self contained, but it seems like the first one would be the one to use for any 3 way set up, assuming you can just make a pigtail at the incoming power in the first set up ( the end of run one) and then go to something else.
What I'm getting at is that any 3 way set up is essentially an end of run? I mean, even with a single light and single pole switch, the run just stops at the light, even though power continues thru the switch to something else, so isn't that section to a light basically end of run? or does the fact that power continues on thru a pigtail at the switch mean it is not end of run?
Sorry to be so dense but I don't understand the difference, I have been trying to do outlets first and then finishing at the 3 way switch, but I can't do it for every one