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Jimmie

Jan 1, 1970
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I want to rewire the overhead light in my living room for 3 way / maybe 4
way operation. First of all I know how to do it. What I want to do is use 2
pieces of 14-2 instead of 1 piece 14-3. I have a lot of 14 2. Is this OK.
 
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Ryan Evans

Jan 1, 1970
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Jimmie said:
I want to rewire the overhead light in my living room for 3 way / maybe 4
way operation. First of all I know how to do it. What I want to do is use 2
pieces of 14-2 instead of 1 piece 14-3. I have a lot of 14 2. Is this OK.

NO.

A cable must be electrically balanced. In other words, if you put an ammeter
around any cable,
it should read zero.

RE
 
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John

Jan 1, 1970
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I posted a similar message a few months ago for pretty much the same
reason.

A bunch of people told me it was illegal, but no one cited a specific code
section.

My belief is that the two cables must be run together, with the same
staples, through the same holes, etc. As long as you do that I can't see
why it would matter that the conductors are not all under the same jacket.
The only code I could find was that all conductors must be together in the
same raceway when metal is encountered, but that does not seem to be a
problem.

Now... an house inspector might take exception to it when you go to sell the
house, but unless he can cite a specific code violation...
 
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Jimmie

Jan 1, 1970
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Checkmate said:
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:10:50 GMT, John put forth the notion that...



I've never heard of it being illegal. Way back when I used to wire
houses, I'd often run my travelers with 12-2 Romex, then run my neutral,
hot and/or switch leg in a separate cable, and never had an inspector
bitch about it.
Checked with building inspector and he gave it his blessing. Wiring is done
.. Now I have a switch at the new entrance to great room and switches at the
bedroom doors off the great room. This was pretty much a PITA because the
great room has a cathedral ceiling and you can run wiring over the top.
Everything had to be run around the room.
 
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