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    Sep 14, 2007, 10:09 AM
    Moving a light switch
    I want to move a bank of two light switches from inside of a cabinet to the outside of the cabinet, so that the cabinet door does not have to be opened to access the switches.

    I can do this easily by extending the wires through conduit from the existing switch box to a new switch box.

    The problem is that there are five 3-wire cables that feed into this switch box. One of the switches is a double switch. MOst of the wires from these cables are connected together in groups of five, with only five wires that actually attach to the switches.

    Question? Do I have to extend all 5 of the cables out to the new switch location, or can I just extend the wires that attach to the switches? This would mean running only five wires instead of five cables out to the new switch location. Also, what about grounding?
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    Sep 14, 2007, 10:13 AM
    You can run just the 5 wires for the switches, plus a ground. You may want to blank off old switch location, but don't cover permanently, Leave access.
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    Sep 14, 2007, 10:17 AM
    Excellent, that make the job a lot easier.
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