whats the name of the special switch for a 3-way light for a corridor, (all my light switches have 2 terminals at one end but one at the other.)
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switch for 3-way light
Jan 23, 2013
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its called an "intermediate" cross over switch, but i cant find it in TLC website..
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er... "intermediate" (as in some of the diyfaq diagrams but confusingly not others....
Jim K
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per the descriptions on that page, the four terminal ones are "intermediate" switches.
1 Gang Intermediate Light Switch?
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switch to direction B. What you are confusing your terms with is three-
*location* switching, being able to switch *one* circuit from *three* seperate *locations*. A three-*way* switch would be *one* switch that allowed you to to select between *three* different circuits being selected.JGH
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[george]
The middle ones are crossover or intermediate switches. The end ones are 2 way.
NT
thanks - 'intermediate' is the word, not 'crossover' [g]
they are indeed crossover switches
Three way switch is what Americans call a two way switch, I expect this is the cause of the mix up.
So do we call an American one-way switch a no-way switch?
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