DIY Home Improvement Forum banner

3 way, 4 way, Single Pole/3-Way Combinations

6K views 5 replies 5 participants last post by  AllanJ 
#1 ·
I have 3 switched controlling a ceiling fan light.
The power comes into the first 3 way switch.
Then it goes to a 4 way switch.
Then it goes to the last 3 way switch with a single pole switch before reaching the light.
The last 3 way switch has a single pole switch below the light switch. I want the single pole switch to control the fan.

I have all the lights working perfectly but depending on which one of the 3 switches is turned on/off determines if the single pole fan switch will turn on the fan.

I did not break the tab on the combination single pole/3 way switch.
So the power feed that feeds the light also feeds the fan.


The last switch looks like this

http://tinyurl.com/2b82h66


http://www.google.com/products/cata...og_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDoQ8wIwAw#

Do I need to break the tab and have another single power line going to the fan?
Any ideas?


TIA

Slash
 
See less See more
#4 ·
You need to run four wire cable from the first switch through the four way to second three way or you will not have an unswitched power wire for the single pole switch. Or you could bring power into the last three way instead of the first three way.
 
#6 ·
Actually you would have the same dilemma without the 4 way switch between the two 3 way switches.

That is, if power enters one of the switches and the light/fan/other equipment connected to the other.
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top