My first post is much friendlier, but you will probably see this
first, give, the way that threading works.

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:27:18 GMT, "DiezMon"
wrote:

So, in general circuit discussion: what if I bypass the 4-way switch
altogether? Does that then turn the circuit into a 2-way?

What is a 2-way circuit?. There are no 3-way or 4-way circuits**
There are only 3-way and 4-way swtiches, and they don't go 3 ways or 4
ways. Each switch only goes 2 ways. 3 and 4 are names derived from
the number of screws on each switch, and the number of wires that
normally get screwed to them (one wire for each screw in most
applications.)

If you bypass the 4-way switch and don't change the 3-way for the
timer, you'll just lose the advantage of the third switch (the 4-way)

If you bypass the 4-way switch and do change the 3-way for the
timer, you'll just lose the advantage of the third switch (the 4-way)
And you'll lose the advantage of the remaining 3-way switch also.
You'll just have one switch and a timer. And if you want the light
on, the timer will override the switch. If you want the light off,
the switch will override the timer.

If you want to retain the benifits fo the current twor or three
switches and also add a timer, I can tell you how, but you have to say
what your intention for the timer is. Are you trying to turn a light
on and off? Are you trying to turn it on when it is dark, or from 5PM
to midnight, but you also want to be able to manually turn it on
during the day sometimes? OR Are you trying to turn something OFF
that others might have left on. Do you want to turn the lights off
in the office bathroom from 6PM to 8AM so that when the employees
leave the lights on all night, your timer will stop that?

What are you trying to do?

** not counting things much more complicated than this.


"volts500" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:

I have existing construction and
can't run any new wires without some major work

Then you have a problem, because according to that diagram, you will
need to get an extra wire between the old 4-way location and the gonna
stay 3-way location.




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