HS210 - 3 Ways
Why are the HS210's called three ways? The description says controls 1 or 2 locations. I have a couple of lights that have 3 switches to them, so which smart switch do I use for that?
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@B.Will Thanks, that is what I thought, but I guess just wanted confirmation! Have my first HS210 installed and working correctly. Next I'm going to tackle the one that has 3 switches to it! Again, thanks for being here and being very helpful to a novice.
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@tward1 Your Welcome
Glad to be of help
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@B.Will Now, I installed my 2nd HS210 in a hallway that has 3 switches. The HS210 is installed and working at the first of the three switches. I'm at the second switch trying to install a dumb rocker switch, this is what the wires look like:
I'm not too sure what is what, nothing is labeled. Would the black be the load and the red be the travelers?
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@tward1 If you trace the lead back to the cable it is coming from you will see that 1 red and 1 black is coming from each cable.
That is a 4way switch, and each red/black pair are the travelers.
Replace it with a dumb 4way rocker.
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@B.Will Thanks again, don't have one, will have to order!
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@B.Will If I hook up an HS210 and it only has power when I flip the other switch, then I hooked it to the wrong switch of a 3 way right?
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@tward1 Sounds that way.
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Here is a picture of the one I replaced, on the left. Bottom black is labeled Common on the switch so I put that to line/load of the HS210 and put the other Red and Black on the travelers, and of course neutral to neutral and ground to ground.
If I turn the switch on another wall on then the HS210 will have power and when it has power if I press it, the lights blink on and off, when I flip the other switch again the lights stay on but the HS210 doesn't appear to have power. Does that make sense?
Here is the switch at the other end, I don't see a neutral there, the white is hooked to the common on the switch:
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@tward1 It maybe that the black leads are reversed.
Sorry I did not see the secound picture. Is there a group of white wires on a wirenut in the secound picture?
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@B.Will I'm stumped, not sure what I did, if I did something wrong or if it was not wired correctly to begin with. It won't hurt anything if I switch the two blacks on the HS210 eventhough that doesn't look like the issue to me.
At the HS210 I have two sets of wires:
1. White sheilding with a White/Black and Ground.
2. Black sheilding with White/Black/Red and Ground.
Black from #1 was on Common of old switch.
White from #1 and #2 are wire nutted together.
Red and black from #2 were on the travelers of the old switch.
At the other switch that I wasn't going to change:
1. Black sheilding with White/Black/Red and Ground.
White is on Common on switch.
Black and Red are on the other two which I assume are travelers.
Does any of this make sense?
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