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Trying to get my head round this....I want to install a 2-gang wall switch, with both gangs using 2-way retractive switches, in my lounge. I do not have a Neutral wire at any of my wall switches, as I am in the UK.

Gang 1 would feed a ceiling light, which would be turned on and brightened by a Shelly Dimmer 2 (SW1) as well as by a short or long push on the top rocker (L1) of the Gang 1 retractive switch.

That same ceiling light would be turned off or dimmed by the Shelly Dimmer 2 (SW2) as well as by a short or long push on the bottom rocker of the Gang 1 retractive switch (L2).

The Shelly Dimmer 2 would get its permanent Live (L) from the existing Live wire in my wall and the ceiling light would be fed from the O of the Shelly Dimmer 2, via the existing switched live wire in my wall.

So far so good.

But I'd like the Gang 2 switch to ultimately control a couple of table lamps, which at present simply plug into wall sockets and use their own dumb on/off inline switches. Obviously at present they have no capability of being controlled by a "remote" wall switch. So, would the following configuration work........?

A Shelly 1L located alongside the Shelly Dimmer 2 (i.e. both Shellys placed behind the double wall switch in a deep back box).

The Shelly 1L connected with SW1 going to L1 of the Gang 2 wall switch and SW2 going to L2 of the Gang 2 wall switch.

The permanent live for the Shelly 1L would be looped across from the permanent live going to the Shelly Dimmer 2 for Gang 1.

Two further Shelly Dimmer 2's connected inline to the two table lamps, one Shelly for each lamp (with those Shelly Dimmer 2's having access to both Live and Neutral from their respective plug sockets). The existing inline dumb switches would be removed.

The Shelly 1L would then be configured in the Shelly app to trigger URL commands to the Shelly Dimmer 2's in the table lamps (with the commands following pretty much the same configuration as for the ceiling light, short push, long push, brighten, dim, etc).

So, the Shelly 1L wouldn't directly control any lights itself, it would merely act as a "forwarder of commands" to the two Shelly Dimmer 2's, and the Gang 2 wall switch would therefore act as a "remote" for the table lamps.

BUT......as a result of nothing being connected to to the O terminal of the Shelly 1L, would the Shelly 1L actually work, with just a permanent Live input?

I hope someone on here knows the answer.

Thanks

Hi, newbie here! How would you wire a 3-position retractive switch into the Shelly Dimmer 2? I'm told these type of switches spring back to a central position and allow you to quick-press up for on and quick-press down for off....but also long-press up for brighten and long-press down for dim. Or would it make no difference if you press up or down, you'd just get the same effect? And also, how would you wire one of those into the Shelly? The comment above mentions Switch 2 command......what is that?

Hello, I'm in UK and completely new to Shelly products but I want to get some for my new-build home (which will be completed next spring).

My builder has given me the plans of the house which show the wall switches for the lights in each room. Some of those wall switches are 2-gang switches (in other words two gangs on one 86mmx86mm plate).

They will all be standard toggle switches, but I will replace them with momentary push-switches after I move in, like-for-like, to match the gang and switching options of the original toggle switches.

One example of my builder's plans has a 2-gang, 2-way switch: with one gang acting as a simple on-off (1-way) operation for a single light in the hallway, and the other gang acting as one half of a 2-way operation for the stairway lighting (the other half of that operation is a 1-gang, 2-way switch upstairs).

My question is: if I want to use two Shelly Dimmer 2's with the stairway lighting and with the hallway light, could I place one Shelly for the stairway lighting behind the 1-gang, 2-way switch upstairs, and the other behind the 1-gang, 1-way switch for the hallway light?

In that scenario I would avoid having to connect both Shellys behind the back box of the 2-gang, 2-way switch, which obviously has more wiring behind it than the two single switches......does that make sense?

If that is a good way to go.....I know I will be able to operate the hallway lighting easily with the Shelly, as it's just a simple circuit.

But will I be able to control the stairway lighting via the Shelly from both ends of the 2-way circuit? In other words, will I be able to switch the stairway lighting on and off AND dim/brighten it (using long push) from upstairs and/or downstairs?

I hope you can offer a newbie some valuable advice and if you could provide a circuit diagram that would be amazing!

Many thanks.