Jeff Wisnia writes:
You are correct about there being no easy way to just use two off the
shelf slide dimmers to accomplish a soft start from either of two
locations without adding a LOT of complicated electronics.

HTH,

Not really. If you are willing to pay a little extra, Lutron (and
maybe Leviton too) make "smart" dimmers that can be dimmed from either
side of a 3-way switch and remember their previous positions. They
presumably use an X-10 like signalling between the switches to keep
them synced and avoid the problem of two dimmers in "series"

Hey, how about a simple series resistor.
Cause about 10% of the drop to be across it, sufficient wattage.
Anybody ready to calculate it for a 100 watt bulb?
Wouldn't need any dimmers, synced or not.

Wouldn't be a soft start, since it would be based on hot resistance rather
than startup, but net result would be longer life to the bulbs.

"blueman" wrote in message
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Jeff Wisnia writes:
You are correct about there being no easy way to just use two off the
shelf slide dimmers to accomplish a soft start from either of two
locations without adding a LOT of complicated electronics.

HTH,

Not really. If you are willing to pay a little extra, Lutron (and
maybe Leviton too) make "smart" dimmers that can be dimmed from either
side of a 3-way switch and remember their previous positions. They
presumably use an X-10 like signalling between the switches to keep
them synced and avoid the problem of two dimmers in "series"

blueman wrote:
If you are willing to pay a little extra, Lutron (and
maybe Leviton too) make "smart" dimmers that can be dimmed from
either
side of a 3-way switch and remember their previous positions. They
presumably use an X-10 like signalling between the switches to keep
them synced and avoid the problem of two dimmers in "series"

The Lutron Maestro or Faedra series, and the Leviton Mural, TouchPoint
and True Touch series match your description. Earlier I suggested the
Smarthome.com ToggleLinc and SwitchLinc multi-location dimmers.

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