How To Wire For Two Light Switches

Please refer to the wiring diagrams for switches as provided in the article above. If you would like to have two switches control the same light then please see the 3-Way switch wiring diagrams which demonstrate the wiring methods. I hope this helps you, Dave

Light Switch Wiring Diagrams

Multiple Light Wiring Diagram. This diagram illustrates wiring for one switch to control 2 or more lights. The source is at SW1 and 2-wire cable runs from there to the fixtures. The hot and neutral terminals on each fixture are spliced with a pigtail to the circuit wires which then continue on to the next light.

Smart Light Switch Wiring Diagrams | Mr. Electrician

If you wanted to control the two lights separately from two different switches in the same box, a three conductor cable with ground would need to be installed to the first light instead of a two conductor cable. Light switch wiring diagram with power from the circuit breaker panel going to an electrical receptacle outlet and then continues to the next outlet and then to a single pole wall switch and then to another outlet.

Wiring Two Lights To One Switch Diagram | Wirings Diagram

According to previous, the lines at a Wiring Two Lights To One Switch Diagram represents wires. Occasionally, the cables will cross. But, it does not mean connection between the wires. Injunction of two wires is usually indicated by black dot at the junction of two lines.

How to Run Two Lights From One Switch : Electrical Online

To wire this circuit in this manner, you will need to run a #14/3 between the two light boxes. This will allow you to connect the first light as you described above, and to run this additional light from the same switch by utilizing the red conductor in the 3-wire as the “switched” conductor, and the black wire as the continuous hot wire.

How to Wire Two Light Switches With One Power Supply

As the diagram at Electrical 101 shows, the line cable is all you need to supply power to a pair of switches in a single electrical box. After making sure the power is off, you strip the black wire in the two-conductor cable (which also has a ground wire) and make a pigtail with two 6-inch lengths of black wire salvaged from a spare piece of cable of the same wire gauge.