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Dimmer2 and three light switches in parallel


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I'm trying to use the dimmer as a switch for a starway with three light switches. The reason I'm using dimmer is, of course, because there is no neutral wire. I wonder if a use of on-by-default wall switches will help me get all three working with the load. Here is a drawing of what I'm trying to get. The current (no dimmer) layout is on the scheme above and what I am trying to get is on the lower part of the drawing.

 

 

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Looks fine to me..

Question - do you have enough room to place fibaro switch close/inside the lamp holder? That way you'll have access to neutral wire

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It wont work with dimmer 2,. In your case with no neutral, your pushbuttons need to switch between (sx+ N )terminals and s1, you would need another wire between the first and last wall box to do that.

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You can get it to work without more wires if that is not possible but you need to use more switch components 

 

As Jamie says you need  to switch sx+ and N on the dimmer 2. To make that work add another device that takes the switched input that has dry connection to switch the dimmer sx+ and N.

 

It works but you need to want it.

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52 minutes ago, Jamie mccrostie said:

@robmac I want it to work, but wont that relay need I neutral?

Got me I missed that.

 

How are the wires routed.  Possibly there is a way to install modules at the light fitting?

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I’ve  seen this question asked  so many times .

We generally wire 3 way lighting differently here with the feed including neutral and the load both coming back to the same wall box.

Then a 3 core strap wire off looping to the remote switches.

So I don’t have to deal with this problem 

 

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