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    Aug 13, 2012, 04:55 PM
    I have multiple light fixtures on one switch
    Hey everyone, I had a house built about 2 years ago and there is one thing that has been bugging me. We have 4 light fixtures run to one switch. Without ripping apart my house, is there and easy way so the first fixture is on it's own, and the other 3 are controlled by one switch!

    Thank you!

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    Aug 13, 2012, 05:02 PM
    Well, I really doubt you'll have to rip apart your whole house. Maybe just some of it. Maybe none of it. Without seeing it it is impossible to say.
    I will say, if there is an attic above the area with the lights it is pretty likely that you can have it done with no damage.
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    Aug 13, 2012, 06:23 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by stanfortyman View Post
    Well, I really doubt you'll have to rip apart your whole house. Maybe just some of it. Maybe none of it. Without seeing it it is impossible to say.
    I will say, if there is an attic above the area with the lights it is pretty likely that you can have it done with no damage.
    Thanks, I meant more that I'm hoping to do without cutting open the walls or ceiling... I have a fully finished room above. Is it typical that each of the fixtures would be wired back to tge switch, or wired in series?

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    Aug 13, 2012, 06:33 PM
    Definitely wired from fixture to fixture. No way someone would wire four fixtures each back to the switch separately unless it was requested before hand.
    Since you have a finished room above there is pretty much no way to do it without damage and repair to sheetrock.
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