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Article #10019Re: X-10 switches used in 4-way circuit
From: Kyler Laird
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 1991 21:43
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 1991 21:43
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In article <463@sunpix.East.Sun.COM> cram@sunpix.east.sun.com (Marc W. Howard) writes: > > Is there a way to use the X-10 three way switch in a 4-way (i.e., >three or more switch controlled) circuit? I have one such circuit in my >house that I'd like to control. I notice that you can buy the non-active >half of the three way switch pair as a separate item; does this imply >that there is a way to use two of them and the three-way master switch in >a four way circuit? Yes. The 'non-active half' (Radio Shack Companion Switch #61-2686T $7.99) is just a (very expensive) push button. Shouldn't be any problem to use your existing wiring as a 2 parallel lines being shorted by the companion switches. That way you can use as many as you want. (I'm being vague, but I think you get the idea.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kyler Laird I'm the NRA/NRA-ILA lairdkb@mentor.purdue.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!telly!problem!compus!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!noao!ncar!gatech!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!lairdkb From: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: X-10 switches used in 4-way circuit Keywords: X-10 Message-ID: <5324@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 6 Feb 91 21:43:01 GMT References: <463@sunpix.East.Sun.COM> Reply-To: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) Organization: Purdue University Lines: 21