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Originally Posted by Zeke View Post
If it's all in one room an extension cord or length of wire can test continuity. First find what switch has the hot feed. That's a must or all else is wasted time.

If you have a hot lead in one box, come back and we'll sort this. BTW, if the light is wired between the switches, it's a different wiring; needs 4, not 3. If the hot is at the light box, again wiring is a bit different.

So first things first. And the hot should be unswitched except for the breaker. So a non-contact voltage detector is all you need.
I already said - it’s a 3 way switched light set.
Two switches, multiple holes in the ceiling.
All in ceiling at 1V, black to white (and red). Switches otoh both at 120v.

I need to hook up longer wires to the multimeter to go from switch to light boxes to test continuity but I’m not fit to climb r/n.

My question was - if a wire is meth’d up can I redo all of it with surface conduit or is there a better option?
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