Timeline for How can I replace a 4-way mechanical switch with occupancy sensor(s)?
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| Aug 25, 2016 at 14:46 | vote | accept | Mikhail T. | ||
| Feb 11, 2014 at 12:58 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackDIY/status/433223465844621312 | ||
| Dec 6, 2013 at 14:23 | answer | added | Tester101 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 6, 2013 at 14:05 | history | reopened | Tester101 | ||
| Dec 6, 2013 at 12:21 | history | closed | BMitch | Needs details or clarity | |
| Dec 6, 2013 at 12:21 | comment | added | BMitch | We need a wiring diagram of what you had and what you've done to be able to really help. Without it, there's not enough detail to answer this question. | |
| Dec 6, 2013 at 11:45 | answer | added | Tyronne | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 21, 2012 at 1:03 | comment | added | bcworkz | OK, now I'm confused. Where are you putting the occupancy switch, the mechanical switch, and which switch is being blanked off?. Use terms like bottom, middle, top for locations. And the original configuration had the 4 way at the "middle", yes? | |
| Nov 20, 2012 at 16:37 | comment | added | Mikhail T. | I'm trying to replace the existing 3-way/4-way/3-way circuit with a 3-way/3-way (there is no need for the third switch anyway). The product I purchased is labeled "3-way" -- why can't I do, what I want with it? The role of the remaining mechanical switch should be to overwrite the sensor: to allow to turn light on even if the sensor does not sense anyone and off, even if the sensor's timeout has not expired yet. | |
| Nov 20, 2012 at 12:02 | comment | added | BMitch | What are you doing with the unused traveler wire? Which wire are you using as your hot? What functionality do you want when the former 3 way switch (but now a simple switch with an unused traveler) is off? As others have mentioned, there's no correct way to do this, you're using the wrong product for the job, and anyone that follows after you will be rightfully confused by the damage you've done to the wiring. | |
| Nov 20, 2012 at 6:43 | comment | added | Brad Gilbert | You can't correctly replace a 4-way switch with that device. | |
| Nov 20, 2012 at 3:59 | comment | added | Mikhail T. | Sorry, that did not work -- see the Update-section I added to my question... | |
| Nov 20, 2012 at 3:58 | history | edited | Mikhail T. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Update with the description of my failed attempts so far
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| Nov 19, 2012 at 21:19 | comment | added | mac | What I saw then (and saw again now in the installation manual for the Lutron Maestro 3-way occupancy sensor switch) is that the other switch remains a traditional 3-way switch, not a second motion sensor. This manual shows you how to reconfigure the remaining 3-way switch to work with the 3-way occupancy sensor. you need to reconfigure some of the wires at the switch. | |
| Nov 19, 2012 at 20:43 | comment | added | Mikhail T. | Why, then, would Lutron (and numerous others) be selling 3-way variants of their sensing switches? What is meant by the manufacturers as the second switch on such a circuit? | |
| Nov 19, 2012 at 20:05 | answer | added | mac | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 19, 2012 at 19:49 | comment | added | mac | The last I looked at this issue, there's no way to do as you describe without some additional control wiring or a wireless communication network. | |
| Nov 19, 2012 at 15:24 | history | edited | Mikhail T. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
grammar fix
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| Nov 19, 2012 at 15:15 | history | edited | Tester101 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 19, 2012 at 14:31 | history | asked | Mikhail T. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |