Wiring diagram 3 way motion detector switch I want the motion detector to be in the hot line box, and I want a regular 3 way to turn the light on from the load box. So far I can only get the motion detector to turn the light on. The diagram that came with the motion detector switch shows the switch configuration opposite of what my situation dictates. Please help me figure out how to enable the regular 3 way to turn the light on as well. THanks!

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It took me a little while to figure out why if I had three wires coming into the box I couldn't just use one of them to wire directly from the load wire at the motion detector to the line out wire running directly to the light, until I realized with an embarrassing "Ah Ha", that I was counting the same wire twice... Whoops.


Thanks for your response. I am sure others will find value in it because I saw others asking the same question and not getting the accurate answer.


CHeers! Thanks for your response.
It took me a little while to figure out why if I had three wires coming into the box I couldn't just use one of them to wire directly from the load wire at the motion detector to the line out wire running directly to the light, until I realized with an embarrassing "Ah Ha", that I was counting the same wire twice... Whoops.
Thanks for your response. I am sure others will find value in it because I saw others asking the same question and not getting the accurate answer.
CHeers!

Thanks for the response.

It took me a while to reach this conclusion. I couldn't figure out why if I had three wires coming in I couldn't just use one of 'em to make the run from the motion detector load line to the line to the light, and use the others to run back and forth between the motion detector and the regular 3 way.... Till I realized with a brilliant "Ah Ha" that I was counting the same wire twice; I needed four conductors not three. (one line out to the light, one conductor to carry load from motion detector to line out, and two travelers) Connecting from the motion detector load out wire to the line to the light only left me one wire to make two trips.

So instead, since I don't really need the second location to do anything, I put a jumper on the two traveller poles, the line out to the light on the common pole, and the motion detector is the only way to turn the light on or off, and the three way switch just provides dimmer control...

I am sure others will find your answer helpful because I saw others asking the same question, and not getting accurate answers.

I could run a fourth conducting strand between the two switches and give the 3 way switching power, but like you said, that is a bit more work, and in this case, it is absolutely unnecessary. Because of the second switches location you almost can not manipulate it with out triggering the motion detector anyway. Thanks for the response. It took me a while to reach this conclusion. I couldn't figure out why if I had three wires coming in I couldn't just use one of 'em to make the run from the motion detector load line to the line to the light, and use the others to run back and forth between the motion detector and the regular 3 way.... Till I realized with a brilliant "Ah Ha" that I was counting the same wire twice; I needed four conductors not three. (one line out to the light, one conductor to carry load from motion detector to line out, and two travelers) Connecting from the motion detector load out wire to the line to the light only left me one wire to make two trips. So instead, since I don't really need the second location to do anything, I put a jumper on the two traveller poles, the line out to the light on the common pole, and the motion detector is the only way to turn the light on or off, and the three way switch just provides dimmer control... I am sure others will find your answer helpful because I saw others asking the same question, and not getting accurate answers. I could run a fourth conducting strand between the two switches and give the 3 way switching power, but like you said, that is a bit more work, and in this case, it is absolutely unnecessary. Because of the second switches location you almost can not manipulate it with out triggering the motion detector anyway.