I have a room with 3 entryways (so 4-way circuit) but I would like to have the three entry switches activate two separate switched lights …at the same time…but also individually addressable at those two switches.
E.g. Like a hotel room that has an “all-on” at the door but then the bedside lights can be turned off and on individually at each side of the bed without going to the door.
So five switches…three at the entries…two at the beds. Entries control both bed lights in tandem…bed switches control them individually and independently.
New construction, source can be at any junction, plenty of space for adequately sized boxes.
I know this can be done, but cannot visualize how.
Any help?
Edit: Yes, I’d like to be able to toggle the two bed switches on/off, independently, regardless of the state of the 3 wall switches.
Best Answer
This is just a guess (see H-RM's comment), but if your intent is that the 4-way switches control whether or not there's power to the light switches at the bed, then this is no different from running wiring from 4-way switches to hardwired lighting fixtures. You just install light switches inline with each lighting fixture so that power is toggled at the input to each of these 2 switches when one of the 4-ways is toggled.
This means that the 'logic' diagram will require both the correct toggling of the 4-ways and that either 2-way local switch be in the "on" position for the respective light to be "on". When the 4ways are toggled the other way, there's no power on the inputs to the local 2-way switches, so the lights would be off.
Warning: if you are not experienced in electrical wiring, get someone who is to help. It's important to know what is 'hot' and what isn't, and further to ensure the local 2-way switches (and their lights) are not in series.