Stop walking across a dark room to turn on the light. Install a 3-way switch and control lights from two locations.

Light switch wiring is a task that most DIYers can take on themselves without calling an electrician. Follow these steps to wire your switches safely.

I’ve created a free downloadable document for you at my website that contains diagrams of how the wires should be connected each time to the new three-way switch.

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To make the wiring work flawlessly, so your husband becomes a lover of these switches, you install the same special three-wire cable between all the three- and four-way switches in the circuit.

In the diagram on the link they are using a three conductor cable after the first three way switch. Black, Red, and White with a separate ground.

Below, Donnelly tells AD how to wire a light switch with this simple step-by-step process for a single-pole light switch without zapping yourself along the way.