2 wire romex for travelers on 3-way switches

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Thanks to all for the feed back and I agree with all of you. No metal boxes no trick question, it ain?t Friday, nor anybody?s birthday and I had my vasectomy 30 years ago plus this ain?t my install but another electrician?s solution to a very bad original install where 12-2 was used with the bare ground connected for the grounded conductor and in 2 cases the bare ground was used as ungrounded supply to the other 3-way. There is 9 of these circuits in an estate?s 4 plex . My suggestion is to run wire mold or to fish 12-3 from attic to the switches ( may be difficult).
 
where 12-2 was used with the bare ground connected for the grounded conductor and in 2 cases the bare ground was used as ungrounded supply to the other 3-way
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Well THAT is a different story and I can't come up with an excuse....unless my family was being held hostage and I had to install it to free them. Even then I'd install some extra cable so I could come back and correct it after they were freed.
 
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. . . another electrician?s solution to a very bad original install where 12-2 was used with the bare ground connected for the grounded conductor and in 2 cases the bare ground was used as ungrounded supply to the other 3-way.
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That's terrible! Any professional knows you should only use the bare wire as a grounded conductor. :wink:
 
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