On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:36:07 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 10:08:56 AM UTC-4, wrote:

On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 3:35:16 PM UTC-4, wrote:

In other words, if you run down the hall and flip all four switches to the down position, the lights will always end up OFF.



I never saw him saying anything even close to that. And

I can't imagine that it would make much sense. He said he

had 4 switches controlling a hallway light. Why on earth

would you need to run down the hall and check each switch?

All you need do is look if the light is on or off and then

hit the one switch located where you are exiting the hall.



Obviously you weren't reading carefully because that's EXACTLY what he said.


Then you should be able to provide the excerpt where he says EXACTLY that. Funny thing. You haven't.

And assuming it's true, what good does it do again?
If you only look at one or two switches, you still
don't know that the light is on or off. Doug tried
to make that point to you as well. So, you
have to walk around to check at least 3 switches. He's
so concerned, he'd probably check all 4. Does that
make any sense as opposed to just looking at the
hallway light to see if it's on or off? I've yet
to see a 3 way, 4 way, hallway light where whether
the light was on or off was not easily determinable
from each switch. That's kind of the whole purpose,
so that you can turn the light for that area on
or off from the various areas it serves.



Nobody's checking each switch. He just wants the "home position" to be all four switches DOWN, and light OFF. It's a form of OCD.

Thanks for the diagnosis. You've confirmed that what he's
trying to do makes no sense.






With an even number of switches, you will always have an even number of switches in a certain position with the lights off. Either four down, two down, or four up.



Which of course means you can't do what he wants to do.



Yes, he can. All he wants is, "All four switches DOWN, lights OFF."







What you keep harping on and on about is "All four switches MUST be down for the lights to be OFF." That is not what he wants.

Seems I'm not the only one that interpreted it that way.






Clearly he was able to achieve it because he replied and stated such. All it required was swapping the wires on the first switch.

I hope he's happy now. When leaving the hallway, he can
either go check 3 switches to make sure they are down and
the light is off. Me, I'd just look at the light as I'm
exiting the hallway. Good grief!