In my master bedroom, I have 2 lights mounted on the ceiling and one on the wall.
There are 2 switches on opposite sides of the room that turn the light on and off. However, the 2nd switch is kinda hard to notice, so basically I forgot about it.
A while back I replaced the main switch with (lighted) switch with the on/off flicker and dimmer slider.
I then decided to change out all 3 light bulbs to CFLs. Of course this doesn't work with a dimmer - I got that funny buzzing sound.
OK, so I went and replaced that with a (lighted) decora switch, single pole. Turned it on, everything's good.
Saw the 2nd switch (that I forgot about), hit that switch, and the lights went off. Hit the switch again, the lights came on.
So my question is, is it wrong that the 1st switch is a single-pole switch? Or should that be a 3-way?
Follow up question:
What type of switch do I replace the 2nd one with? Single pole or 3-way?
Thanks.
There are 2 switches on opposite sides of the room that turn the light on and off. However, the 2nd switch is kinda hard to notice, so basically I forgot about it.
A while back I replaced the main switch with (lighted) switch with the on/off flicker and dimmer slider.
I then decided to change out all 3 light bulbs to CFLs. Of course this doesn't work with a dimmer - I got that funny buzzing sound.
OK, so I went and replaced that with a (lighted) decora switch, single pole. Turned it on, everything's good.
Saw the 2nd switch (that I forgot about), hit that switch, and the lights went off. Hit the switch again, the lights came on.
So my question is, is it wrong that the 1st switch is a single-pole switch? Or should that be a 3-way?
Follow up question:
What type of switch do I replace the 2nd one with? Single pole or 3-way?
Thanks.