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3-Way Switch (Multiple Lights)

This diagram shows how to connect a three-way switch with power coming into the first switch, then to the second, then on to two or more lights.  This method is easy to do once you wire the "basic 3-way switch circuit".

3-way switch to multiple lights       

3-Way Switch Diagram (Multiple Lights) - (pdf, 65kb)

 

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