How would I go about doing this properly.>> I know how to set up a
3-way, but coming off the light, I want to have a receptacle that is always on.. not just when the 3 way is turned on.. How is this done? Thanks!John
Feed the receptacle, not to it...
You will need four conductors in the circuit. One grounded current carrying conductor (neutral), one unswitched ungrounded current carrying conductor (hot), two traveler conductors between the two or more switches. That is the only code compliant way to wire that circuit.
Hi John - you need to identify the source of the power ( it could be to the light or to either of the switches then pick off the white and black lead ( and ground and wire it directly to the outlet.
Ummmmm... not necessarily.
If the existing light and three-way switches are wired with power coming into the box at the *light* (instead of at one of the switches), for example
Ckt neutral-------wht---------+ Ckt hot-----------blk------+ | | |
+-----+ +--------+ +-----+ | | | | | | | | | COM-|----blk-----------|-* * *-|----blk-------|-COM | | Tr1-|----red-----------|--*-)-)-|----red-------|-Tr1 | | Tr2-|----wht-----------|--*-)-)-|----wht-------|-Tr2 | | | | | | | | | +-----+ +--------+ +-----+ | | Switch 1 Lamp Switch 2then all he needs to do is connect a standard 12/2 or 14/2 cable at that box (assuming that the box is large enough to meet conductor-fill requirements, that is).
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