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themadhippy:

--- Quote ---It actually looks simpler on a physical switch because you're just connecting the 4 corner terminals out of the 6 in an X.
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6 terminals? were did you find these strange intermediate switches as every one ive used only has 4 terminals to keep it simples for us thick sparkys

brucehoult:

--- Quote from: themadhippy on November 26, 2022, 12:55:25 pm ---
--- Quote ---It actually looks simpler on a physical switch because you're just connecting the 4 corner terminals out of the 6 in an X.
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6 terminals? were did you find these strange intermediate switches as every one ive used only has 4 terminals to keep it simples for us thick sparkys

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How on earth can you have a DPDT switch with only 4 terminals?

Unsurprisingly, 11 year old me in 1974 isn't the only one to come up with this.

https://forum.digikey.com/t/how-to-wire-a-dpdt-switch-as-4-way-for-multiway-switching/6985

themadhippy:

--- Quote ---How on earth can you have a DPDT switch with only 4 terminals?
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Take a look at your diagram,theirs only 4 external connections needed ,and thats what you buy off the shelf from your electrical supplier,they go under the name of intermediate switch and do exactly what you described above,sit between  2 way switches to add a 3rd,4th -999th switching position.They really should rename them universal switch as they can be used for the most common switching arrangements found on lighting circuits.

Calambres:
I remember my first circuit very well: a crystal (diode) radio. Then it came the Philips Electronic Engineer. I was fascinated:




I still keep the original manual:


CatalinaWOW:
Similar path to many, first built was a 'crystal' radio based on a germanium diode, then on to a regenerative receiver based as I recall on a 12AT6 tube.  The first one I designed myself was a dual slope A-D converter.  That had maybe 5% accuracy, drift so bad that only the lack of accuracy saved it, 8 bit resolution and several samples per second conversion rate.  But I was still proud of it.  Boy did I have a lot to learn.

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