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    Aug 16, 2015, 08:04 PM
    Two Lights with Two Switches with power at Light
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    How would I wire this circuit if I only have a 14/2 wire coming from the light to the switch?

    Thanks!
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    Aug 17, 2015, 04:46 AM
    You can't.

    Tell us more about what you wish to do.
    If you are trying to control two light independently with two switches you must have a path from each switch to each light.

    You could control one light with a regular switch and use a wireless switch to control the other.
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    Aug 17, 2015, 10:28 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by hkstroud View Post
    You can't.

    Tell us more about what you wish to do.
    If you are trying to control two light independently with two switches you must have a path from each switch to each light.

    You could control one light with a regular switch and use a wireless switch to control the other.
    I realized that my diagram was incorrect. Here is the correct drawing of my circuit.

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    Aug 17, 2015, 12:09 PM
    You will need a 2-wire cable from light 1 to light 2.
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    Aug 17, 2015, 12:27 PM
    Is it possible to do it without wiring from one light to the other? i.e. only work in the box? Or will it not work because once you flip one of the switches, it cuts off the other one?
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    Aug 17, 2015, 12:49 PM
    No, you must get current (a hot and a neutral) to the fixture.

    In your drawing, you just had a switch connected to the fixture. There was no current at all to the fixture.

    You have a hot at the switch but you don't have a neutral.
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    Aug 21, 2015, 07:04 AM
    Wireless as mentioned would work. You could install Push, pull, or turn switch, at 1 0r both lights, then the switch would turn on/off the lights selected by these switches?

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