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Garage lighting wiring- look ok?

Kaizen

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Just finished running conduit for this and wanted to double check with you guys to make sure this is ok?
Will have three rows of led lights starting at box1,box2, and box 3. They will be daisy chained to only getting power at these boxes.
Also have outside lights near man doors and garage doors.
Planning one circuit with 14ga solid from panel to box 1. This feed will split in box 1 to feed one three way switch at man door and also lights at man door. Power will continue to garage doors to switches that will supply outside lights.
Will have 2 travelers coming up from man door three way switch and also going over to other side three way switch near garage doors. When I pull these I will include a hot coming back to power all three sets of lights.
Is that plan ok? Pic below.

Bonus question. I calculate I can have each bank of lights on its own 3 way switch if I add 2 more sets of travelers (total six), three hots, along with original blk/wht/gnd. Total 12 which book shows is max for half inch conduit. This would work as well right?

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Two travelers for each 3Way circuit. (Its late, Im not clear...only ONE of the switches is 3Way?) So each light at the roll up has its own switch? the third one there is for the 3way room light?

And the other set of 3 switches by the man door? One for the 3Way room, one for the man door outside...but the third one???

Use stranded, not solid

Use 3/4"... I hate stuffed conduit. Plus if you need to run something later you can...

EMT? dont need a ground. PVC? then you do
 
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Kaizen

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Two travelers for each 3Way circuit. (Its late, Im not clear...only ONE of the switches is 3Way?) So each light at the roll up has its own switch? the third one there is for the 3way room light?

And the other set of 3 switches by the man door? One for the 3Way room, one for the man door outside...but the third one???

Use stranded, not solid

Use 3/4"... I hate stuffed conduit. Plus if you need to run something later you can...

EMT? dont need a ground. PVC? then you do

Thanks anyway. i did not do the extra switches. i was thinking of doing 3 3 way switches at each location to control 3 different zones of lights.
Instead i will just get power to each bank of switches and only have one 3 way between them powering all of the lights.
 
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