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Author does a dual 3-way wall switch exist?
googlegroups.ken

2006-03-29, 5:21 pm

Typical 110V, 15amp house/workshop, except...

I need to fit two three-way switches into a 2"x4" box, but I can't find
one anywhere. All I've seen is a "combo" switch that consists of one
3-way switch in tandem with a regular switch.

I'm surprised it's not a common item, but I'm always doing something
unusual, I guess. Any ideas, other than going to a 4"x4" box?

Thanks.

--Ken.

SQLit

2006-03-29, 8:21 pm


"googlegroups.ken" <GoogleGroups@JuicyBits.com> wrote in message
news:1143666711.304770.6140@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Typical 110V, 15amp house/workshop, except...
>
> I need to fit two three-way switches into a 2"x4" box, but I can't find
> one anywhere. All I've seen is a "combo" switch that consists of one
> 3-way switch in tandem with a regular switch.
>
> I'm surprised it's not a common item, but I'm always doing something
> unusual, I guess. Any ideas, other than going to a 4"x4" box?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Ken.



google is your friend, took less than a minute to find one. Model number is
for brown


Model # 5243



gfretwell@aol.com

2006-03-29, 10:21 pm

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:38:42 -0700, "SQLit" <sqlit@qwest.net> wrote:

>
>"googlegroups.ken" <GoogleGroups@JuicyBits.com> wrote in message
>news:1143666711.304770.6140@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>google is your friend, took less than a minute to find one. Model number is
>for brown
>
>
>Model # 5243
>
>


Did Google find a way to get all those wires in a single gang box?
ibidah

2006-03-30, 11:21 am

SQLit wrote:
> "googlegroups.ken" <GoogleGroups@JuicyBits.com> wrote in message
> news:1143666711.304770.6140@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
> google is your friend, took less than a minute to find one. Model number is
> for brown
>
>
> Model # 5243
>
>
>

Did Google mention that installing 2 three way switches in a standard or
deep wall case exceeds the NEC recomendations for maximum number of
conductors?
Keith Williams

2006-03-30, 12:21 pm

In article <1143666711.304770.6140@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
GoogleGroups@JuicyBits.com says...
> Typical 110V, 15amp house/workshop, except...
>
> I need to fit two three-way switches into a 2"x4" box, but I can't find
> one anywhere. All I've seen is a "combo" switch that consists of one
> 3-way switch in tandem with a regular switch.
>
> I'm surprised it's not a common item, but I'm always doing something
> unusual, I guess. Any ideas, other than going to a 4"x4" box?


Yes, X10. Leviton makes several controllers that fit in a single-
gang box.

--
Keith
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