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smart 4 way dimmer; help! (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by krunkedcc@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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im looking for a 4 way dimmer solution... i have an entry way light with 3 switches, top of steps, bottom of steps, on the landing.

i cant seem to find a good sure-fire solution for a 4-way smart dimmer solution. everything i am seeing when searching actually is only 3 way, or is listed as 4way, but reviews say its actually not 4 way.

id rather get it right the first time instead of buying and trying things until it works. any help is appreciated thanks.

(btw, the entry way light is a chandelier with 9 bulbs, i cannot use HUE)

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[–] Latter_Two5206@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

What I did in my house, instead of all the fuckery with special 4 way dimmers ways, is use a 3 way smart dimmer, and put it on the incoming power.

That way you don't need any special setup, it dims lights going to the other switches.

[–] Z-Waver@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

There are several Z-Wave 4-Way dimmer options. I responded to a relevant post only a few hours ago.

https://old.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/17htdz6/looking_for_a_smart_relaysmart_switch_with_dimmer/k6pslty/

[–] silasmoeckel@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Are you looking for something that works with existing switches or replaces them all?

Something like a Zooz you just replace a switch with it's dimmer and the other with turn the lights on/off to last dimmed level.

Pretty much every dimmer manufacturer has a companion switch that you can install multiples of to many dimmers.

If your running z-wave etc multiple manufactures dimmers and be setup to work together, where you dim one the others go to the same level.

[–] amazinghl@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Wire one switch physically to the lights, have the other two switches mirror the first switch is what I would do if I have it my way.

I use Tasmota and Home Assistant so I can do that.

[–] SNKWIRED@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Zooz has some that work with 4 way quite well