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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Troubleshooting Automation Problems => Topic started by: howartp on January 10, 2007, 02:16:54 PM

Title: Replacing/enhancing existing 2-way light switches
Post by: howartp on January 10, 2007, 02:16:54 PM

Hi,

I'm looking at getting X10 automation in my home, and one of the first projects will be my bedroom.

Currently I have 2 two-way switches - one wall switch by door and one pull-switch by bed.  These are wired as per http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/2wj.jpg (Standard Great Britain wiring for 2-way switches; I'm not sure if it differs from US wiring?)

I want to be able to turn on the light at 6.30am each morning (to help wake me up!) via X10, whilst retaining the ability to turn the light on and off with the existing switches.  (The door switch could be replaced with some other switch, so long as it still had manual control).

So the light comes on at 6.30, then when I'm up, I turn it off with the door switch.  Then when I come to bed, I turn it on with the door switch, jump into bed, and turn it off with the pull switch. 

Is this possible?

Thanks.

Peter

Title: Re: Replacing/enhancing existing 2-way light switches
Post by: Walt2 on January 10, 2007, 03:05:58 PM

You need an X10 3-way wall switch (WS4777) to replace one of your existing switches, and an X10 companion wall switch (CS277) to replace the other.

(http://graphics.x10.com/images/ws4777.gif)

Title: Re: Replacing/enhancing existing 2-way light switches
Post by: Dan Lawrence on January 10, 2007, 04:25:14 PM

Only problem, Walt, is the OP is in England.

Title: Re: Replacing/enhancing existing 2-way light switches
Post by: howartp on January 10, 2007, 05:44:02 PM

Quote from: Dan Lawrence on January 10, 2007, 04:25:14 PM

Only problem, Walt, is the OP is in England.

Correct.

I can't see any 3-way switches for the UK.

I did think earlier - would I be able to do it with two seperate temporary-contact switches and a lamp module?  Set each switch to same module code (that of the lamp).  Each time I press either of them, or issue the x10 command from a controller, the lamp will switch state (on/off) regardless of it's current state?  Or is there a better (UK-compatible) method?

Peter.

Title: Re: Replacing/enhancing existing 2-way light switches
Post by: Dan Lawrence on January 10, 2007, 08:26:51 PM

Try http://www.x10europe.com/   They should have something you can use in England.