BPFox wrote:Larwyn wrote:Actually, I think the "on-off-on" switch would work, as long as you do not leave one of the switches in the off position.They are both one "wiper" with two contacts. Are they not....??? Just flip the switch to the extremes, and do not leave in the center position. Not an ideal set up unless you actually want to have a way to disable the remote switch.
Actually you could make it work with just the wires hanging out of the wall and twisting them together on an as needed basis but who want's to do that? Any two switches that have a common and a normally open and normally closed terminal will work, but that no man's land called "off" in the middle would just be a real pain.
I do not see the comparison between using a switch which has an extra position and twisting a couple of wires together. If a person has those two switches and asks how to wire them then I think he has every right to know that they will work. I was trying to be helpful, I'm not sure what the purpose of you reply to my post was meant to do..
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After sleeping on this, I decided to re-read this and see if I was out of line here.
Your statement that the switch in question "will not work" was direct, authoritative, unquestionable, and dead wrong. It's that simple. Your attempt to make my suggestion that the switch, though maybe not ideal for the purpose, would work, seem like a dumb idea actually just served to make you appear childish. Regardless of how much of a "pain" you may think it to be to use the switch in question, the facts will not change, the switch WILL work.
There is lots of good information on this site. Rather than try to educate everyone here, it sometimes pays to sit back, read, and learn. Nobody knows it all, the fact that some do not believe this is proof positive that it is true.