AWESOME!!! A picture / diagram is worth a million words. And your approach shows that less, is often more. You kept it simple, basic and easy to follow. All the theory videos are great for those who want it. I only needed enough step by step guidance to get this one time project done correctly. Your approach was the "Three Way Switches To Multiple Fixtures For Dummies" was perfect for me. Thank you.

THANK YOU !!! Of all the many "3 Way Switch" videos on the web, yours seems to be the only one that shows the power source and the appliance/light on the same side of the first switch !

THAAAANK YOU! I’ve been looking everywhere to find someone that specifically wants to take an existing single pole switch+fixture and make it into a 3-way. (Many will smirk or laugh as I’ve gathered it’s “Simple”, but I wanted to be 100% I had it correct.) After searching high and low this is the only video on KZfaq I’ve seen address that specific situation. Again, much appreciated!

Finally! A 3 way switch video for more than 1 fixture! Thanks so much!

Thanks so much for this video and Diagram. I put off fixing my 3 way switch for 7 years because I didn't want to get over charged by an electrician. Watching this video along with another 3 way switch video, I finally figured it out. Again, thank you.

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. Not a lot of scenario diagrams out there for adding a three-way switch to an existing circuit. Much appreciated!

Oh man thank you! I thought I messed up today wiring power to the 2nd switch instead of power to 1st, then 2nd switch, then the lights.... I almost rewired everything, I screenshotted the diagram, and your straight forward explanation without the whole "don't forget to like and subscribe, oh and buy my tools at the link bellow" is appreciated lol

best instruction I found on you tube, have watch many hours looking for easy to understand instructions

Thank you. This wire setup is exactly what I needed.

Thank you! That was so clear and concise i see where i went wrong with my neutrals!

Great explanation! Thank you for posting this! This was the exact situation for me, simply adding to an existing circuit.

Great video - thank you being concise and accurate!!

Thank you man I fix my light)) Very good information)

My porch has four outlets on two switches... I hope this helps me decipher what's going on. Thanks!

Great video!! I’m still having trouble with an existing 3 way switch, one light. That part was already here. When I try to dub another light it just doesn’t work properly. One light will light and the other will not. I’ve tried new switches, everything works as it should but can’t get the 2 light added? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

One guy says black is common this guy says red....I feel like I'm at my government job....lol

Confused… your switch shows two brass screws across from each other, mine shows a black and brass across from each other, with the black screw labeled as common on the switch. So am I still wiring the red wire to a brass screw or to this black common one?

OK hooked it all up exactly as described in your video and it's not working, pops off every time we try

I watched another video that said you didn't have to connect the neutrals to the switches. Just curious in what scenarios you would and wouldn't need to connect neutrals

is not 14 gauge wire for 15 amps but you have a 20amp breaker ?

Thank ya thank ya thank ya!!!!!

Everything was looking good and helpful. I think at the end when you activate the circuit it was a 20 amp breaker and you were using 14/2 and 14/3 wire which you aren't supposed to do. You need to use 12/2 or 12/3 wire wit ha 20 amp breaker.

Thank you so much for this video! It was amazingly helpful! I'm getting ready to rewire the basement lights to do just this. Quick Question: Is there a way to add a light (Light Fixture #3) coming off of Switch 2 but still powers on at the same time as Light Fixtures #1 & #2? Light Fixture #3 would be at the top of the stairwell going down into the basement and Light Fixtures #1 & #2 would be down in the basement. Thanks!

This appears to be on a series rather than parallel. Would you recommend series in a residential?

I wish there was a way to add a second light to a 3 way switch where you cannot access the wiring for the first light. I read somewhere you could use a duplex 3 way switch as the second switch, then run power to the second light from the other switch on the duplex (the non-3way switch). I tried it. Didn't work.

Could I replace (switch #2) with a motion sensor? I'm looking to control 3 outdoor lights by my garage door using an outdoor motion sensor and a switch inside the house.

How do you bypass a centre outdoor light for a ring camera. I want the switch to control 2 outdoor lights and want the ring camera independent. Thanks

Nice vid, but the “common” red wire is not the “common” by actual licensed electrical contractors. Whatever goes to the black screw (feed/line/power) is the common…..

In this scenario, do the light fixtures have to be a special "3-way" type? I need to replace two hallway light sconces that are operated by two "three way" light switches. or can I just purchase any wall light sconce I want?

Too Good 👍

Can I change switch one into a combo light and receptacle switch?

Excellent explanation! Quick question, if my basement stair light is running off of two three way switches, is it possible to add one more light to the top of stair case? It looks like the previous owners started the loop at the bottom of the stairs, used a common red travel wire to run to the switch at the top of the stairs, but used the white wire of the second as a load line to that second switch. It’s all a little screwy bc there is only one red common line for three separate connecting points that are using 14/2.

I wired a three way switch to a new outlet and now the outlet works but only if the switch is on. I needed it to be hot without needing to be switch operated.

If a 3 way is already setup, and you just want to turn one fixture into two high hats ... couldn't you install your new high hat and pigtail off of it to make it two highats ? If you get what im saying .... wouldn't I be fine not making any changes to the switches ?

What if there’s no red cable and only 2 blacks and one white

Was the light fixtures on a 14/2 wire ?

Put it in Minecraft red stone terms and I’ll be a A+ electrician

I could watch this video 30 times and never understand it I can't understand electrical wiring. I can run a plug or jump power from some place and put in a plug but three-way switches I have no clue no matter how much videos I watch??. I guess I leave it to the electricians

Extremely confusing.