On May 15, 2:00*pm, mm wrote:
On Sun, 15 May 2011 13:38:44 -0400, "RBM" wrote:

"JIMMIE" wrote in message
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For aesthetic purposes I wanted to use toggle switches as those
commonly used on electronic equipment for use *as light switches in a
room. Plan is to make my own cover plates from brushed aluminum. What
would the requirements be to make these *code compliant *if that is
possible, The switches I have are rated for 120VAC @ 20 amp DPDT I was
planing on using these switches as for both the single switch, 3 way
and 4 way operation.

These might be harder to hit on your way out of the room, or as easy
to hit but harder to flip. * But maybe it will cause you to slow down.

Jimmie

** I would think that as long as they are rated for the proper voltage and
amperage, they should be fine. Those switches are fine for single pole and 3
way operation, but they won't work for 4 way

I think they will. *I still use a DPDT slide switch on a volt meter to
change polarity for the leads.

They work fine for 4 way. Connect the NCs to the NOs. The wiring will
look like an X on the back of the switch . Connect one pair of
traveler wires to the C terminals conect the ohter pair to either the
NC or NO terminals, doesnt matter .just as long as one wire is on each
leg of the X.

Jimmie