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Question by Jeff
Submitted on 12/8/2003
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I have four lights in parallel on two 3 way switches that have dimmers in them. the 3 way switches work but the dimmers have less than 1/3 of their range from dim to full bright. Can two dimmer not be used in the same circuit?


Answer by sparky
Submitted on 3/30/2005
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You are right, you can only use one 3-way dimmer on a circuit, you need to put the dimer at the location that is most frequently used.

 

Answer by chris
Submitted on 4/22/2005
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you could put two dimmers on the same circut but with different amps or voltages, yo do that by getting a transformer to step up or lower voltage.

 

Answer by rizzo
Submitted on 9/28/2005
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three way dimmers will not operate unless you by dimmers specific to that application. These dimmers are called" master and slave dimmers and may be quite costly.  you best inexpensive alternative is to replace one of your three way dimmers with a typical three way toggle switch and leave the other three way dimmer installed. this will allow you to dim at only one location but should restore the full working properties of the dimmer.

 

Answer by tim
Submitted on 6/11/2006
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in a three way configuration it only requires one three way dimmer switch and one three way switch one will allow you to dim the light or turn the light on or off the other will allow you to control the light as a normal three way configuration

 

Answer by RC
Submitted on 11/20/2006
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You only need one dimmer

 

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