Re: AWM2 2-way wiring problem

["garygfx" <garygfx@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jon. My electrician wired one up at the light switch and 
another at the ceiling light to see if it made any difference. She 
says I have a neutral at the light switch so it shouldn't make any 
difference. Both methods produced the same results, but even when the 
2nd switch didn't turn the light on it sent an X10 code! I thought 
that was really strange. Why would it send an X10 code but not turn 
the light on/off?

I'll show her your diagram and see what she makes of it. Yes - she! 
The male electricians I asked to help didn't want to know or they 
were totally baffled by it! I'm not omplaoning! ;-)

Gary


--- In ukha_d@y..., "Jon Whiten" <jon@w...> wrote:
> How are the switches wired up to the AWM2?
> 
> If you have two standard on-off switches in parallel then this will
not work
> as effectively the module can sense nothing when one of the 
switches is in
> the on position.  The answer is to move to momentary
switches.
> 
> Should your switches be wired up as standard two-way units then I 
would
> expect everything to be fine.
> 
> If I understand these modules correctly and the module is at the 
light
> fitting....
> 
> L to Live Supply
> N To neutral supply
> Lamp Between Neutral and Switched output.
> 
> Then... connect the existing two-way switch circuit across the blue
and
> brown wires
> 
> 
>          
/o-----------o
> Brown
----              
---- Blue
>           
o-----------o/
>        Switch
A     Switch B
> 
> +--------+
>        L---------- Live Supply
>        S----+
> AWM2       Lamp
>        N----+
>        N---------- Neutral Supply
> +--------+
> 
> This is how I plan to connect one of these to my landing light 
circuit.
> 
> 
> I think this is right but take no responsibility should there be 
errors in
> the above.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jon
> http://www.whiten.co.uk/
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: garygfx [mailto:garygfx@d...]
> > Sent: 01 August 2002 14:53
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] AWM2 2-way wiring problem
> >
> >
> > An electician has just wired up an AWM2 X10 module to a light
which
> > has switches to control it, but the 2nd switch only works when
the
> > first switch is in a certain position. The X10 control works
fine,
> > it's just the 2-way we have probs with.
> >
> > We've tried 2 ways of wiring it and neither work. We have
ordinary
> > toggle switches, not momentary.
> >
> > TIA
> > Gary.
> >
> >

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