Timeline for Three way light switches in a tower
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| Feb 4, 2016 at 3:37 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Feb 4, 2016 at 3:34 | answer | added | ThreePhaseEel | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 2:52 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/695077515094835200 | ||
| Feb 3, 2016 at 17:00 | comment | added | user1405 | @keshlam in the late 90s, there weren't as many controllers (though I could be proven wrong). I believe there are also some other issues with it (like turning off the light where you are standing for a command cycle). And has the added problem of going up and down cleanly (you would need to have three lights on). That said, I'm not too interested in that because its rather 'easy' today to do with existing home automation systems (I've been looking at touch screen case Raspberrys with a custom lighting control for hue as an option for light switches). | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 16:51 | comment | added | keshlam | With the macro processor, it can handle the "this on, others off" behavior.It's certainly not a hardwired solution; I mention it only because the electrician seemed to think this was something only old-style switches could do. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 16:46 | comment | added | user1405 | @keshlam that requires a different system for logic and isn't in the wiring itself. And if you were to do that, a relay system with rocker switches would probably work better. The hue (a system I'm more familiar with) has the advantage of each switch sets a scene for certain lights... though I'm not sure how well that would work for two people on the stairwell at different places. At the time of this conversation, the hue didn't exist, X10 was state of the art and home automation was nascent. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 16:30 | comment | added | keshlam | Quite feasable with X10 if you separate the input device from the light controller and run the signals thru X10's, or anyone else's, home-automation controller to apply a bit of logic. Ditto any other smart-switch system. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 13:44 | answer | added | A. I. Breveleri | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 8:47 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 4:09 | history | asked | user1405 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |