Sharing The Same Source To Independently Power 2 Separate Lights??

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tsingerjr

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I'm attempting to connect my outside porch light and interior room lights on the same circuit. The interior room light is has a 3 way switch at one and and a dimmer switch at the other end. I connected everything up and when I flip the room light switch off, it wont allow me to turn the porch light on. I attached a drawing of the setup.

Is their anyway that I can use the same source (Circuit) to power both lights, but have them work independently?

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Tommy
 

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Your diagram is off, where you have 5 black wires connected together, one of the wires from the single pole switch should instead go directly to your porch light.

If you wire it up as per the corrected diagram, it will work. Given the problem you are having, you've wired it up differently. Presumably the feed to the single pole switch is coming from one of the travelers, rather than from a hot wire.

Cheers, Wayne
 

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Hey Wayne, thanks. Actually, my drawing is off. I have 3 black wired together and the one black on the top of the single switch terminal goes directly to the light. I attached an updated pic.
 

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There should not be a red line going from the switch at the top of the page to the light.

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