I'm trying to wire up the lights on my patio. I have to run all the wires before I seal up the celing.

I have 8, 50w ceiling mounted lights.

I want to have a dimmer switch outside, and another inside. The 2 switches that I have are 3way dimmer switches.

I wired the 8 lights with 14g 2wire with ground

A new circuit is being pulled from the breaker box.

Do I need to run the new source wire to one switch,

From each of the dimmer switches - a 3 wire to the loop that I made to the ring of the 8 lights?

What am I missing or what's needed?

 

are you using one switch for all 8 lights?

its hard for me to try to visualize what you are talking about in my head, im a hands on type of person.

 

having 8 lights on a circuit is all i would put on one circuit, i always try to put no more than 8 openings on a circuit. meaning one recepticle or one light= one opening

 

hows this ?

 

looks like you have everything right, just make sure you wire the switches to work with each other

 

Matt, are y'all planning to build a topper to the patio?

 

what size wire are you pulling from the breaker panel? i would probably use some 12/3 with ground. and how many lights are on the fans? you might consider pulling another circuit for just the fans just to stay safe

 

yeah . . . that's what I'm having trouble with . . . double dimmers . . .
sure did . . . been trying to wire it up.

We'll hook up this week after work. I got your text, but it was much later.

 

Congrats on the addition... to the house that is. I know that Eric and I are glad we had the steel roof extended over the patio. And I think Bella and Tank are in agreement as well.

Just let me know.. making ride to SAR on Saturday morning.

 

breaker box to the patio is a single 12/3, 20amp breaker

3 lights per fan = 6 total . . . on a 2 way switch

8 lights 50w each on 2, 3-way dimmers (can't figure out the diagram)

2 random plugs will be added for small stuff like Christmas lights

1 quad to be added for SAT TV, small 4.1 sound system, and 32-42" TV