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4 way switch

 
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4 way switch

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4 way switch
2022-04-26 05:16:46

  @board4mic May I ask have you tried on any dimmable smart switch to realize a 4-way switch? 

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2022-04-26 05:20:05

  @xRkYqUz Have you got answer of your previous question? 

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2022-04-26 05:23:38

  @RichG5 Is it dimmable smart switch, the one you replaced? 

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2022-06-14 23:54:40

  @septer012  Does the 4 way switch need to stay untouched?  I'm having trouble once I move the 4 way switch to on/off

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2022-06-15 00:30:31

  @rv75 4-Way switches don't have an on or off. They have a "this" or "that." They also have a long break-to-make time that can kill power to any Kasa downstream. Check out my video. The animation at the start may be of help. https://youtu.be/kMT7KUVTELo

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2022-06-15 01:19:52
Thank you! Could I have something wired wrong? I first installed one HS210 on lights controlled by 3 switches yesterday. I found this thread in which people say that for this configuration, two HS210 are needed. I just installed a second HS210 without touching the 4 way switch in the middle. I'm having a problem where the switch that turns the light on needs to be the same one that turn it off. If I turn on on one switch and turn off on the other, I lose the ability to turn the light back on. Could I have something wired wrong?
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2022-06-15 02:13:48

  @rv75 Yes, it almost certainly sounds like something is wired wrong. If I had to guess, I'd say that one of the travelers has been swapped with the load wire in the load-side box. (You'd have to beep it out with a multimeter to be completely sure.) This assumes all was working before the HS-210s were installed.

 

Despite what people say, 2 HS-210s are never "required" -- in fact, the 2nd one doesn't really add much to the system beyond an aesthetic similarity.

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2022-06-15 02:28:17

  @PatchyFog 

thanks again!  I might've screwed the wiring up because the first time I connect the HS210 nothing was working. 
Am I supposed to have only one hot wire on common and the other 2 on travel? Besides the obvious neutral and ground?

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2022-06-15 16:20:30 - last edited 2022-06-15 16:22:53

  @PatchyFog Sorry to bug you again... I rewired my initial HS210 (hot black wire on common and red/black wires on traveller.)  I'm still having an issue.  Could the switch be defective?  When I use my second HS210 and the 4 way switch, everything works perfectly.  The minute I try to use the first HS210 to shut off/on the light after using any of the other switches, the lights go off and don't come back unless I start playing around with the other 2 switches and the app.  Something is not working right and I can't figure it out.

 

Just thought of something.. The only difference with the first HS210 I installed is that the "dumb" switch was not using the white neutral wires.  The HS210 needed them so I am using neutral now on that location.  Nothing else is different.

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2022-06-16 02:44:17

  @rv75  Finally figured out my wiring issue.  I had correctly labeled the common wire but the HS210 initially didn't work well.  I guess it was because of the fact that I needed 2.  I swtich the wiring around and it made it partially work.  Dissecting the diagram is what really helped me.  The 2 wire cable was the common and I had moved it.  Now I have the travellers coming from the 3 wire cable and all seems to be good

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