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How To Wire a 3-Way Light Switch

Stop walking across a dark room to turn on the light. Install a 3-way switch and control lights from two locations.
Here's how to swap outdated three-way light switches for something much better.
I’ve created a free downloadable document for you at my website that contains diagrams of how the wires should be connected each time to the new three-way switch.
To make the wiring work flawlessly, so your husband becomes a lover of these switches, you install the same special three-wire cable between all the three- and four-way switches in the circuit.
In the diagram on the link they are using a three conductor cable after the first three way switch. Black, Red, and White with a separate ground.
Below, Donnelly tells AD how to wire a light switch with this simple step-by-step process for a single-pole light switch without zapping yourself along the way.