Adding 2nd light switch in bathroom

[minytrker]

I added on a bathroom to my game room and added a door from the outside of the house also. I ran a 14/2 wire in the wall for the light switch by the new door and was going to tire into the previous switch by the original door. I realized today when I went to wire in the switch I had no red wire (cause I ran 14/2). Can I still make it work with 2 switches with just 2 wires or will I need one more wire?

 

[35Ford]

Replace existing switch with an occupancy sensor.

 

[cybrdyke]

www.casetawireless.com

 

[Terry D]

If you are talking about having (2) 3-way switches, you would need a 14/3 to the new switch. If you are not wanting to do any of the suggestions above, then you would have to change the wire.

 

[minytrker]

If you are talking about having (2) 3-way switches, you would need a 14/3 to the new switch. If you are not wanting to do any of the suggestions above, then you would have to change the wire.

Thanks,

I swapped out the wire to 14/3, luckily it was a very short run and wasnt to bad to do.

 

[nadogail]

Sounds like you got lucky, congratulations.

 

[CJ7VFR]

Thanks,

I swapped out the wire to 14/3, luckily it was a very short run and wasnt to bad to do.

Nice save!

Replace existing switch with an occupancy sensor.

This is what I did for the stairs going down into my basement.

There was only one switch at the top of the stairs for turning the light on and off, and there was no easy way to run new NM-B cable or single wire thru all the walls to the light as well as to an additional switch at the bottom of the stairs, as the new switch would have to be on the opposite wall at the bottom.

So I replaced the single light switch with an occupancy sensor switch at the top of the stairwell. I was able to angle the occupancy sensor slightly so that when anyone is at the bottom of the stairwell it can sense you and turn on the light, just like it can at the top of the stairwell.

It works perfectly for what I needed it for. And best of all, my wife loves it because she does not to fuss with finding a switch in the dark when her arms are full of laundry and other stuff.

Jim

 

[Mattlt]

Nice save!



This is what I did for the stairs going down into my basement.

There was only one switch at the top of the stairs for turning the light on and off, and there was no easy way to run new NM-B cable or single wire thru all the walls to the light as well as to an additional switch at the bottom of the stairs, as the new switch would have to be on the opposite wall at the bottom.

So I replaced the single light switch with an occupancy sensor switch at the top of the stairwell. I was able to angle the occupancy sensor slightly so that when anyone is at the bottom of the stairwell it can sense you and turn on the light, just like it can at the top of the stairwell.

It works perfectly for what I needed it for. And best of all, my wife loves it because she does not to fuss with finding a switch in the dark when her arms are full of laundry and other stuff.

Jim

For some reason, seeing a deadbolt on a basement door really freaks me out.

"Kids, go downstairs and play! And stay down there!"

 

[CJ7VFR]

For some reason, seeing a deadbolt on a basement door really freaks me out.

"Kids, go downstairs and play! And stay down there!"

Yeah, I thought the same thing when we first bought the place 11 years ago.

The people who lived here before us used to rent out the upstairs of the house to people in order to make extra cash.

Apparently one renter was a bit nuts in the head, and they installed dead bolts on almost every door in the place in order to keep the guy out because he would steal things and sell them for money for drugs.

I removed all the interior dead bolts except for this one. We don't have kids, so there is no issue with that. But my wife liked the idea of the dead bolt on the basement door because she was afraid the crazy drug guy might come back someday and try to get into the house.

There is actually a key hidden in the basement to unlock the dead bolt if need be.

Jim