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You put switch in series with the black supply wire and the black wire to the first light. Then connect black wire of first light to black wire of second light, black wire of second light to third light and so forth. Do the same with the white wires and ground wires.

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How do you wire 4 lights with 2 switches?

Wire the two 3 way switches using 3 wire cable (red, black, white and bare). Then connect the first light to the others using two wire cable (black, white and bare) kind of like a daisy chain. The power goes to the first 3 way switch, then switch one goes to switch 2 using the 3 wire cable (even though it has 4 wires in there), then the second switch goes to one of the lights. Hope that helps.


Can you take power from a receptacle and run it to a switch to control 3 lights?

This is done all the time as an add-on to an existing system. An electrician wouldn't do this in an original installation. The considerations you have are not over loading the existing circuit; and the cosmetics involved if your wires are all concealed inside walls. You basically connect black, white and bare wires from the outlet to the switch. You switch the hot (black) wire and run black from switch to lights in parallel and connect the white and ground in the switch box. If you would be adding 3 60 watt lights that would add about 1.5 amps to the existing circuit. As with any electrical installation you need to know what you are doing, power needs to be off and you have to follow best practices an electrician would use to run wires and make connections.


Can a dimmer switch cause lights to flicker?

no


How do you wire a series of recessed lights to a single switch when the power goes to the lights first?

If you already know how to put one fixture on a 3-way, just connect white-to-white and black-to-black from one light to the next. If you're changing from a single switch to the 3-way, the exact wiring will depend on whether the power comes from the breaker box to the switch or the existing fixture. I'll assume you're starting from scratch or have the power going to the fixture. You need #15 two-wire with ground and #15 three-wire with ground romex. Run two-wire from the breaker box to the first light fixture. Pull a another two-wire from this box to switch A and a three-wire between the switches. String two-wire from the first light to the second, second to third, etc. In the first box, connect white from source to the white fixture wire and the white going to the second box; black from source to the black to switch A; and the black fixture wire to both the white to switch A and the black to the next fixture. At each of the other 5 fixtures, connect all white to white and black to black (three pair in each box except the last one). At switch A, connect the white from the fixture to the common (center) connector and the black directly to the black going to switch B. The red and white wires going to switch B are connected to the two outside connectors of switch A. At switch B, the black goes to the common connector and the red and white to the outside connectors. At each box, connect all the bare wires (second ground) to each other and to the fixture or box. Now turn the power back on. If all the connectors are tight, power should follow the black wires from source past the fixture and switch A to switch B. From there it will go through one or the other of the travellers and, if switch A is in the same position as B, up the white switch leg to the fixtures, turn on all the lights and go back to ground.


How do you connect a main switch?

The line supply connects to the top terminals of the switch and the load connects to the bottom terminals of the switch.

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How do you wire multiple lights starting at the lights first switch last and a power drop behind?

Imagine a section of railroad track where the rails are the power source and the ties between rails are the lights. The rails will supply power and let's label them the black rail (hot) and the other rail white (neutral). The earth they are resting on is the ground (bare copper wire). So each light must be connected to black, white and ground. To switch all lights at once we need to open the connection just to the hot side. Wiring in parallel like this example you run a wire between each light and connect the incoming black wire to the light black wire and the outgoing black wire using a wire nut. You do the same for white and bare wires. When you are done you have a circuit that looks like the railroad track. You could connect a supply at either end and the lights would light. You could then just insert a switch in the black side and control all lights. In a situation where the supply is closer to one end of the circuit is closer to the other end physically you do the following. Run a wire from the switch to end where supply is located. On this wire wrap about 3 inches of black electric tape on the stripped white pigtail on each end. This designate the white wire is hot. Now connect black wire to one side of switch and taped white wire to other side. Connect bare wire to green ground terminal on switch. At the supply end connect the black wire from supply yo black switch wire and black light wire to taped white wire. Connect grounds together. Connect white supply wire to white light wire.


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