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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)
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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.)


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