3 Way switches

12-12-2010, 10:15 PM	#1
Kurt1968 Member   Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: N.W Suburbs Illinois Posts: 107	3 Way switches This is the way my circuit looks. Except the switch on the bottom right I want to be a ganged box with another switch for a different light.. Do I have to run another common through since the common here is used as a Hot? The other common would be for the other light. Attached Thumbnails

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12-12-2010, 10:51 PM	#2
Steelhead Member   Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Southern Wisconsin Posts: 171	3 Way switches Yes you would need a neutral. The best thing to do is just pull another circuit in instead of somehow trying to rig this. Can you tap off of the hot and neutral wires in the first (left) box?