Three-way switch with on/off indicator
 

On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:46:30 -0400, mm
wrote:

On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 07:41:31 -0400, "RBM" wrote:


"Jan Philips" wrote in message
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Are there three-way switches that have indicators (e.g. a light) that
tells you whether the circuit is on or not?

I checked a couple of stores online, and there are lighted three-way
switches, but they don't say that they are the type I need.

The reason is that there are two three-way switches on an outside
light, and you can't see the outside light from one of the switches so
you don't know whether it is on or off.
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Pilot light switches are lit when the circuit is on, and illuminated
switches are lit when the circuit is off. They make 3 way pilot light
switches, but you'd need to check how the circuit is wired to determine if
one will work in the desired location. Here is a link to one type of pilot
light 3 way:
http://www.kyledesigns.com/product/P...gn=PS15AC3-CPL

Sure enough. At the very end of a long list of features it says
"Grounding terminal is standard." but it doesnt' say a ground is
required for the light to go on. And it doesn't say you don't need
one either. And it doesn't say antyying about how the circuit must be
wired. I woudln't know whether to buy this one or not. OTOH, it says
flat out "Lighted when switch is ON." Would they say that if it
depended on the circuit? I hope not.
You missed the last line on the spec sheet -"Strap nickel-plated
steel with integral ground. "

The ground is required for the pilot to work.


Wire it as a standard 3 way and you should be fine - I was not aware
Pass & Seymour was marketing them - not a common hardware
store/big-box item - and not even on the shelf at our local electrical
supply houses.