Anybody any good with connecting Quinetic switches please

happyhero

Hi, I have several Quinetic bits installed already but I am now thinking of moving onto my staircase where my boy is always leaving the lights on so that I can turn them off with my Alexa or by my phone. I also have Alexa controlling my Quinetic lights downstairs so I know how to do a lot of the initial bits.

Anyway I have an attic extension so I have 3 floors of 2 way lighting and on every floor I have a 2 gang MK switch to control the floor I’m on and the next floor. Getting into the ceilings is now awkward as we have finished decorating so I am thinking of using the Quinetic switches with built in receivers in 2 gang format, so swapping 2 gang for 2 gang.  The existing wiring is a switch line from the rose on each floor so live in and live out and no neutral which I believe these switches are happy with.

The Live in live out switch is in each case on the floor where the lights are, i.e. on attic level one of the 2 gang switch has the live in live out for the light on that floor whereas the other switch is just the slave for the floor below so the other end of the 2 way switching. This is the case on all 3 floors.

But here’s my problem to solve If I buy 3 x 2 gang Quinetic switches with the receiver built in do I just leave one switch on each floor unwired but pair it with the floor it has to 2 way switch. I’m assuming and think I remember from previous work with Quinetic switches that they work wirelessly for pairing.

And I assume I just leave the 2 way part of the wiring disconnected everywhere as the 2 way lighting will work via the paired switches.

I hope I have made sense here, is this how it is done or does it have to be done differently or is there even a better way?

Any help with this would really be appreciated.

Cornucopia

I don't know the Quinetic switches particularly, but it sounds like 2 lights across 3 floors will need a Switch/Receiver unit at the top & bottom, and a 2-gang Switch in the middle, with one gang paired to the top receiver, and the other paired to the bottom.   

You'll need to set the mains wiring in the middle wall box to be permanently "on", or if you have enough access, remove the 2-way extended wiring entirely. 

There is a comprehensive list of options here:
https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Quinetic/index.html

Cornucopia

Or for similar money...

https://www.lightingstyles.co.uk/pir-sensor---replaces-wall-switch

Martin_the_Unjust

Cornucopia said:

Or for similar money...

https://www.lightingstyles.co.uk/pir-sensor---replaces-wall-switch

Although it won’t work in most UK houses at it requires both a neutral and a live wire.

Cornucopia

Martin_the_Unjust said:

Cornucopia said:

Or for similar money...

https://www.lightingstyles.co.uk/pir-sensor---replaces-wall-switch

Although it won’t work in most UK houses at it requires both a neutral and a live wire.

I've not done the working-out, but I'd guess that the amount of 2-way wiring in the OP's walls could probably be re-purposed for that.   (Then install 2 pairs of two PIRs switching in parallel to cover the 2 lighting circuits).

I've made something similar for my (otherwise very dark) hallway.  

matelodave

aa 5watt led bulb left on 24/7 will cost around 0.005 x 24 x 365 x .15p/kwh = £6.50 a year, put smaller bulbs in and turn them of when you get up in the mornings if they are still on and it could cost less than £3 a year a bulb, is it worth the hassle. JMO