A wiring diagram is a simplified conventional pictorial representation of an electrical circuit. It shows the components of the circuit as simplified shapes, and the power and signal connections between the devices.
Wiring Multiple Switches To One Light. Before you can wire multiple light fixtures to a switch you have to know how to do. Wiring multiple lights to multiple switches is similar to the basic light switch configuration except for the hot and neutral power lines are split in the box to go to two or more independent lighting circuits as shown in the diagram. Basically the simplest way to have multiple lights on one switch is to run a power supply wire to the switch first.
Another thing which you will locate a circuit diagram would be lines. The source is at sw1 and 2 wire cable runs from there to the fixtures. Now run a two wire cable from the first light location to the switch box. Connect the light fixtures by wiring their black wires to the black cable.
Also known as three way switching the job calls for a pair of special three way switches and an appropriate length of 14 3 conductor cable to join the switches together.
Strip both ends of each cable with a knife separate the wires and remove 1 2 inch of insulation from the end of each. This diagram illustrates wiring for one switch to control 2 or more lights. On the last fixture lead the outgoing wire down the wall to the junction box for the light switches allowing an additional 8 inches of wire. 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.
Wiring Multiple Switches To One Light. Before you can wire multiple light fixtures to a switch you have to know how to do. Connect one wire to the first switch in the box and the second wire to the other switch and connect the black wire from each of the lights to the other terminal on its respective switch.