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Default Electrical puzzle

In article , Aaron Fude wrote:
Hi,

This is probably too convoluted to try and explain here but I'll try.

I have two lights that I want to control with 3-way switches: 1 light
is in the garage 60 feet away and one light is the house. I plan to
put them on the same circuit.

In the house I have two 3-way switches: H1 and H2
In the garage I have two 3-way switches: G1 and G2

I planned to share the neutral, so I put in the conduit one 14/3 and
one 14/2.
But now it seems to be that I'm one wire short!!!


Of course you're one wire short. A 3-way switch needs 3 wires. Two 3-way
switches requires 6 wires. "Sharing the neutral" doesn't have anything at all
to do with this. That's a completely different matter -- suggest you Google on
"shared neutral circuit" or "Edison circuit" for an explanation.

The problem is that while the garage light is wired H1-G1-light, the
house light needs to be wired H2-light-G2 and I just can't come up
with a diagram that will make it work.

Can anyone help out of my predicament?


Replace the 14/2 cable with a 14/3.