Multi way light switching

littlespark · Nov 28, 2022

Just an observation.

Staircase serving 5 storeys….. how to turn on the light from any floor?

See saw type rocker switch set into the ceiling and two really long bits of rope.

I thought it was a pulley system for the servants of old to take heavy objects up to the guest bedrooms…. So I pulled a rope, and the light came on.

[ElectriciansForums.net] Multi way light switching

And yes…. I know it can be done with quinetic nowadays.

7029 dave · Nov 28, 2022

Parallel all the switch wires

snowhead · Nov 28, 2022

I would imagine one would have to have called for a servant to carry out such a manually intense procedure..

buzzlightyear · Nov 28, 2022

A rope ladder to put a flame on the candles has you go up it.

westward10 · Nov 28, 2022

It is a great piece of ingenuity.

7029 dave · Nov 28, 2022

westward10 said:
It is a great piece of ingenuity.

Manual parallel lol

mainline · Nov 28, 2022

Why use 2 ropes when all you need is one.

Moley · Nov 28, 2022

mainline said:
Why use 2 ropes when all you need is one.

Incase 1 rope snaps?

7029 dave · Nov 28, 2022

mainline said:
Why use 2 ropes when all you need is one.

It aint a pull cord FFS main lol

telectrix · Nov 28, 2022

2 2 way switches and 3 intermediateas.

mainline · Nov 28, 2022

7029 dave said:
It aint a pull cord FFS main lol

It's a wonder health and safety doesn't see it as a concern

I wasn't thinking about one from tool station ffs

telectrix said:
2 2 way switches and 3 intermediateas.

Or one light sensor

pirate · Nov 28, 2022

Quinetic...classic application...but what a great system there!

7029 dave · Nov 28, 2022

telectrix said:
2 2 way switches and 3 intermediateas.

Nah I would have that set up on time lag switch all parrelled up, just keep pushing the button on each floor lol

mainline · Nov 28, 2022

How about infra red beam instead of the hanging rope

buzzlightyear · Nov 28, 2022

mainline said:
How about infra laser beam instead of the hanging rope

That will stop them in the tracks.

DefyG · Nov 28, 2022

Surely the rope can be reached from any floor!

westward10 · Nov 28, 2022

We all love stuff like this and the fact it, I assume still works. Quinetic switches due to failure will be replaced or ditched in a short matter of time.

mainline · Nov 28, 2022

westward10 said:
We all love stuff like this and the fact it, I assume still works. Quinetic switches due to failure will be replaced or ditched in a short matter of time.

Do you mean Kinetic ? Quinetic is a make Kinetic is the system.

mainline · Nov 28, 2022

westward10 said:
We all love stuff like this and the fact it, I assume still works. Quinetic switches due to failure will be replaced or ditched in a short matter of time.

Or stolen.

James · Nov 28, 2022

I think it is fantastic,
if it ever goes wrong then it needs to be replaced with a good quality 2 way rocker switch so the original design is kept. (Even if rocker arms have to be custom manufactured)
it would be insulting to most engineers to replace that with disposable electronic rubbish .

westward10 · Nov 28, 2022

mainline said:
Do you mean Kinetic ? Quinetic is a make Kinetic is the system

I'll let you know once I've Meggered it and Hoovered up the mess.

timhoward · Nov 28, 2022

I knew I'd read of this idea somewhere before.... it was good ole John Ward....

3 way switched lighting circuits

Wiring details for three way lighting circuits as used in the UK

flameport.com

mainline · Nov 28, 2022

James said:
I think it is fantastic,
if it ever goes wrong then it needs to be replaced with a good quality 2 way rocker switch so the original design is kept. (Even if rocker arms have to be custom manufactured)
it would be insulting to most engineers to replace that with disposable electronic rubbish .

I believe it could be a safety concern.
When I was a kid, I would be thinking of swinging on that.

mainline · Nov 28, 2022

timhoward said:
I knew I'd read of this idea somewhere before.... it was good ole John Ward....

3 way switched lighting circuits

Wiring details for three way lighting circuits as used in the UK

flameport.com

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James · Nov 28, 2022

mainline said:
I believe it could be a safety concern.
When I was a kid, I would be thinking of swinging on that.

I do hope you are not being serious.

if you decide to swing on a cord at the top of a 3 story staircase by climbing over the banister or other barriers in the way,
Darwin has already decided that it is possibly best for you to be removed from the gene pool for the greater good of humanity.