Electrical – wire 3 lights to one switch as illustrated by this mock up diagram

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I'm looking at lighting a kitchen in a wood cabin and to try and make the wiring (which will sit on the outside of the ceiling) as neat as possible, I'm wondering if I can wire 3 separate lights in the fashion I've illustrated below (taking an illustration that was done for 2 lights and trying to add a third, but not in a daisy chain fashion).

Illustration/diagram:

Possible wiring

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Best Answer

People use black and white because they only sell NM cable in black-white or black-white-red. We certainly wish we could use more illustrative colors.

Let's recolor the wires to indicate their actual function. You can do the same thing with colored tape.

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With red being switched-hot, it seems clear you are doing the right thing.

  • Lamps should get switched-hot and neutral check
  • switches should get hot and switched-hot check
  • neutral should be available in the switch box for future smart switches check.

Looks right to me.