ECN Forum Forums Code Related Discussion NEC & other Code issues 2 wire travelers, again

So has anyone else figured out a method for more than two locations, or a four-way? I am a little hung-over from a wedding last night, and just can not grasp the concept.

That, and how would any other than Maestro dimmers work on this?

And does this bear any relationship to the "Hollywood" 3-way?

Whenever I wire for a 3-way, or 4-way lighting set-up, I always bring the feed and switch leg to the same box so at the end of switching it'll be a dead end. Doing it this will simplify any troubleshooting that needs to be done later.

Of course, sometimes because of box fill it can't always be done this way. If that's the case, I feed at the light box and bring down (2) 3-wire dead ends to each switch location.

As far as I know there are (4) ways to wire a 3-way switch design.

I have. You can insert one in the travelers in the usual way, as long as it's done at either end, i.e., between the lamps and either (or both) of the 3-ways.

If you place a 4-way between the lamps, then one will stay on all the time with the 4-way in one position.

Ah, you're a wise man Larry, I spent way too much time trying to figure out a way to do it