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bbbustard
Oct 10, 2012, 10:49 AM
I own a duplex apartment in a New York City co-op apartment. The stairway within my apartment is over six treads. I have a switch on the upper floor that allows me to turn on lights on the lower floor. I do not have a switch at the bottom of the stairs to turn on a light on the upper floor, so when I go up the stairs there is no light on the upper floor. Is this a code violation? (The only light over the stairs themselves is a chandelier, which can be lit only by a single switch that is not close to either the top of the bottom of the stairs. I don't mind not having an operating light over the stairway itself - my problem is that when I go upstairs there is no light that I can turn on)

hkstroud
Oct 10, 2012, 04:01 PM
Easiest correction is the installation of a wireless 3-way switch.
See this link.

Leviton 6696-W Anywhere Switch,RF Remote Decora Rocker 3-Way Switch,White - Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Leviton-6696-W-Anywhere-Switch-Remote/dp/B00004YUOL)