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The meter was defined in 1792 as 1/10,000,000 of the distance between the North Pole and the equator on a line running through Paris, France. The standard length of a meter was later changed to be the distance between two fine lines engraved on a bar of platinum and iridium alloy. The next definition was based on the wavelength of light emitted by an isotope of the element krypton. The present definition, in use since 1983, is the distance light travels in a vacuum during approximately one three hundred millionths of a second (1/299,792,458 sec).

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When installing lights with 2-way and intermediate switching control the intermediate switch must be connected to the?

to wire a lamp to be controlled from three places you need two three way switches and one four way switch. the two traveller wires that would normally run between the two three way switches must be connected to the terminals of the four way switch


How can an intermediate switch be used with a 2-way switch system to control a light from four floors?

A two way switch is UK terminology for a North American three way switch. Though the switch has two names it is still a Single Pole Double Throw switch that has three terminals. North American terminology. The circuit is the same as the three way switch system. To control from four locations just add another intermediate switch. For the system to work properly the new intermediate switch has to be adjacent to the existing intermediate switch. The connections must run - three way, intermediate, intermediate, three way.


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When installing lights with 2-way and intermediate switching control the intermediate switch must be connected to the?

to wire a lamp to be controlled from three places you need two three way switches and one four way switch. the two traveller wires that would normally run between the two three way switches must be connected to the terminals of the four way switch