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    cts240 Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 1, 2010, 05:01 PM
    Will a three-way switch fix this?
    Master Bedroom - I couldn't get my closet single-pole light dimmer switch that I installed to work until I replaced it with a single pole non dimmer. Now it cuts the electricity to half of the room, well at least to the rest of the recessed lights, I didn't check the outlets, too tired.

    The main feed starts in the bathroom. I installed recessed lights in the main part of the room, which is controlled by a single-pole dimmer. I installed recessed closet lights and added a single-pole switch to control them. After a three-way switch in my bathroom that controls a fan and light by a combo switch/outlet, everything is basically daisy chained in the main part of the room. The bathroom's ceiling light's metal box has three sheathed wires coming into it, one I believe is used with the three-way switch because it has 4 wires, one red. This is the light that connects to the closet. I ran the line directly from this light to the closet switch. The closet switch is now controlling both the closet recessed and main recessed lights. Everything is on the same loop starting from the closet, so everything is daisy chained around the room. Is there a switch that can turn the closet lights on and off independently and allow the switch by the master bedroom door to independently control the recessed lights?
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    Mar 2, 2010, 07:27 AM

    Bathroom lights and receptacles are better served if they are on different circuits.

    Also, bathroom receptacles are required to be GFCI protected.

    The only room that should be served by a bathroom circuit is a bathroom.

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