3 Way wiring problem

No offense Bio but what's a 'trim'

After some 80+ years in the field of electronics still 't'times I don't 'stand. I''ve guessed all three hafta be on the line side

...of course ur subsequent sentence clarified my q but was stopped by '(right side reading light with its own switch and left side reading light with its own switch)', that seems kinda redundant

Then 'When entering the room, both lights can be turned on with the line side non-dimmer switch..Each ... dimmed with its corresponding dimmer switch', and thanks at that Punch but how else cold it be done

'If either of the lights are turned off with their corresponding dimmer they can’t be turned back on by just flipping the non-dimmer switch' Aha ! thanks for that oP, Po, OP !! 'cause I'm amazed at such stupidity on the part of the Mfr. However,

'The line side non-dimmer switch only works when the dimmer switches are sending power to their corresponding light' at first leaves me 'pletely in the dark

Pun intended
No it wasn't

Mh immediate assumption was meant to say that somehow you could then go to the 'non-' switch, flip it probly off then back on, to re-energize 'em. However it's only a guess

Actually it is. But I had tried to find a simple way for years, finally gave up

[Software fellas, if any'vya can read, there needs to be an easier way. And by the way, 'Mh' is one of the single most common missp's of ' My. That's 'cause, if you could touch type, you'd know how close the 'y' to the 'h'. Ask your boss. or even contact me at [email protected]]

Thank you for your OP, oP; Iou thanks for this 'tunnity and hope you get some more help than I was able to provide as


Dale Hileman
Apple Valley
[Forgive any puns]

I know nothing about wiring, but I can answer this bit:


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