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Posted by on November 23, 2006, 12:23 am
marks542...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Bond wrote:
> > I currently have 4 lights which are operated by one light switch. From
> > what I can tell, the light are in a series (that is, they are all on
> > one circuit). I would like to keep the current light switch to operate
> > two of the lights and then install another switch to operate the other
> > 2 lights. Is this possible? Can the new installation be part of the
> > same circuit? How would I go about doing this. Any help is
> > appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> The lights are now on one circuit , it should be possible to leave it
> there. The only disadvantage is troubleshooting a short.
>
> it just needs a run of a single wire from the new light switch to the
> second run of lights .
>
>
> I would expect the lights to be in parrallel rather than series.
>
>
>
-----/------------------------------------------L1-----------------------------------------------------------------
> switch
|---------------------------L2-----------------------------|
>
>
|---------------------------L3-----------------------------|
>
>
'---------------------------L4-----------------------------'
>
> But its been a while since I did electrical installs.
ok that diagram didnt work , picture l1 , 2 3 4 as lined up vertically ,
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