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    Oct 14, 2008, 10:37 AM
    12/3 wire feeding additional light in dinning room.
    The end of the run 12-3 wire coming from my upstais 3 way light is currently attatched to a single switch. I want to install a double gang box at that switch and feed power to 12/2 wire, through the switch that will power my dinning room light, that will run up to my dinning room light. In theroy I want to add power to my dinning room light from the end of the 3 way switch to the switch that will control my dinning room light. Or should I just run new wire from a junction box connected to the circiut controlling my downstairs into the 2 gang box and if so can I connect the ground in that gang box together even though they are on different cicuits?? Sorry to make it so difficult.
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    Oct 14, 2008, 05:02 PM

    You really have no choice but to run more romex. The 12/3 coming from that light has no neutral wire. It is two travelers for the switches and either the hot feeding the switch or the line out to power the light.
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    Oct 14, 2008, 06:30 PM
    Whether of not you have a neutral at the 3-way switch depends on how it is wired. If one switch is being fed and the other has the switch leg to the fixture you will have a neutral at each switch. If the switch is being fed and also has the switch leg to the fixture, you will not have a neutral at the other switch. If the switch is being fed and the travelers pass through the fixture box, you will have a neutral only at the switch being fed. If the fixture is being fed, you will not have a neutral.
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    Oct 15, 2008, 11:55 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by matt2008 View Post
    the end of the run 12-3 wire coming from my upstais 3 way light is currently attatched to a single switch.
    The words "end of the run 12-3" say to me that the only thing in the switch box is a 12/3, in which case there could be no neutral. Though I suppose it's possible that what matt wrote was not accurate. Unless matt2008 tells us there are more wires in the box I stand by what I wrote.
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