Wireless 3 way

[sberry]

I have never used one, never even seen one. How do they work, how much they cost?

 

[AntonLargiader]

Leviton WiFi Smart Switch is 3-way. You have a Leviton app on your phone that shows the status of the switch (you need something else to get that when you're away from home) and lets you control it. About $45.

There are others besides Leviton (which I have not had fantastic results with).

You can make it part of your larger home smart network. You can go with Caseta and a hub. You can go with Z-wave and Homeseer, or Google home, or Nexia.

There are many answers.

EDIT: Looks like I was answering a different question.

 

[cybrdyke]

I have never used one, never even seen one. How do they work, how much they cost?

You probably have seen and used one, you just didn't realize it was wireless. Alot of them dont look any different than a traditional paddle style switch. There's many different approaches taken but there are two main methods.
A master switch is wired into a primary position as if it were just a normal switch. This switch will have some intelligence built into it. Once the master is powered up, a wireless companion switch can be paired with it. There can be many companions for one master, so you can have 3 way, 4 way, 5, 6, 7....way.
The companions can be stuck on the wall, put in your pocket, desk drawer, whatever.
A good master will cost around $60, and companions can be as cheap as $15.

Another method is using wifi communication between devices and switches. In commercial settings, wifi crashes too often for this to be used, but in residential it's normally OK.

You can lose your mind trying to sort out all of the differences. Be careful, the manufacturers try to hook you into using "their" system, and once you've started, you have to use all of their stuff.
Good luck,
CD

 

[sberry]

The carpenter was there before me and it's but impossible to get to now. It's going to second floor, ideally would be a switch at bottom of steps. Motion might work too?

 

[Kevin Essiambre]

I use lutron Caseta switches and dimmers with their Pico remote. You do not need the hub. You can pair up to 10 remotes to one switch or dimmer without needing a hub. It works vice versa too. 10 dimmers or switches to one remote.

You can buy a wall mount bracket for the remote to mount it and put a cover plate on it to make it look like a normal switch.

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[sberry]

There was enough hole in the studs and straight run to allow pulling out 1 cable and towing in 2 to fix it with wire and I don't need **** with batteries, hubs and wiffie

 

[Jkcolo22]

You probably have seen and used one, you just didn't realize it was wireless. Alot of them dont look any different than a traditional paddle style switch. There's many different approaches taken but there are two main methods.

A master switch is wired into a primary position as if it were just a normal switch. This switch will have some intelligence built into it. Once the master is powered up, a wireless companion switch can be paired with it. There can be many companions for one master, so you can have 3 way, 4 way, 5, 6, 7....way.

The companions can be stuck on the wall, put in your pocket, desk drawer, whatever.

A good master will cost around $60, and companions can be as cheap as $15.



Another method is using wifi communication between devices and switches. In commercial settings, wifi crashes too often for this to be used, but in residential it's normally OK.



You can lose your mind trying to sort out all of the differences. Be careful, the manufacturers try to hook you into using "their" system, and once you've started, you have to use all of their stuff.

Good luck,

CD

Meh... you’re not really stuck with one manufacturer. I have Lutron Caseta switches, Z Wave door locks, some other brand smart WiFi enabled flood lights on my porch, various brands of smart plugs, Sonos and casatunes musicBox for music, harmony hub for TV control, and probably some other stuff I can’t remember right now. Alexa is really my central hub system and integrates everything beautifully. I say “Alexa, turn off everything downstairs” and she sends off commands to 11 Caseta switches, TV (via harmony), 3 different brands of smart switches (various lamps and fish tank light), MusicBox controller, and locks my front and back door. Alexa is really the “key” to pulling a smart home together. I’m usually an Apple guy, but amazon came out the gates way faster and did a darn good job at it. Was too invested in Amazon’s ecosystem by the time Apple released the HomePod.

Edit to add: If you really want just want smart home control through just your phone, Apple’s HomeKit will also integrate most brands into a single user interface.

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[Jkcolo22]

Double post. Delete.