Product Manual

Installation: for 3-Way operation – Existing
Note:
A 3-Way system, by definition, means two existing wall switches which operate one light load (can be multiple lights if all come on
together).
1. Turn power OFF at Circuit Breaker.
2. Pull-out the existing 3-way wall switches from the two switch boxes.
3. Remove the common-side wire (by itself) from the two switches. In one switch box, that single wire is HOT, in the other switch box that single
wire goes to the light.
4. With Breaker ON, determine which wire is HOT. Use a voltmeter and measure between ground and each wire individually. One will read 120V,
the other 0V. Turn Breaker OFF. Mark the wires as to which one is HOT and which one goes to the light.
5. The Slave Switch is installed in the switch box which has the HOT wire. The Master Switch is installed in the switch box that has the wire that
goes to the light.
6. Inspect inside the wall switch box (that has the wire going to the light) for existence of white neutral wire(s) capped-off. If no white neutral wires
exist, STOP. You CANNOT use the WS13A unless you run a neutral wire to this box.
7. With Breaker OFF, remove the existing two wall switches. Three wires (minimum) remain protruding out of each switch box. At the Slave switch
box, one is HOT; the other two wires are the traveler wires. They may be the same color, normally they are different colors. At the Master switch
box, one is the Light wire; the other two wires are the traveler wires. They may be the same color, normally they are different colors.
8. With Breaker OFF, install the Slave Switch first. HOT wire goes to LIVE (either terminal, they are a common bus), One Traveler wire also goes to
LIVE; the second Traveler wire goes to SWITCH.
9. With Breaker OFF, install the Master Switch second. The One HOT Traveler wire goes to LINE, the second Traveler wire goes to CONT
ROL
1.
The Light wire goes to LOAD. Connect a white neutral wire to the NEUTRAL Terminal. You may have to tap into a neutral wire bundle with an
additional white wire 6-8" long.
2. 8. Re-check all connections, Turn power ON at Circuit Breaker.
10. Press Master Switch paddle once, you will hear the switch CLICK and the light should turn ON. Press paddle again, you will hear the switch
CLICK and the light should turn OFF. Press the Slave Switch paddle once, and the light should turn ON, (the Master will CLICK). Press the Slave
Switch paddle again, and the light should turn OFF (the Master will CLICK).
11. You are now ready to control the switch with an X10 Remote Control Module: desktop, wireless handheld, Security Panel, etc. The default
address is "A1". If you wish to change the code, the Code Dials are behind the paddle of the Master Switch only. Remove the paddle with a small
flat screwdriver applied to the side of the paddle at the center fulcrum point. Insert screwdriver in small gap space between switch plate and
paddle and flip the paddle up from its side.
12. Mount the Switch(s) in the wall box(s) and attach the switch cover plates.
Note: 4-Way circuits can be replaced using the WS13A and two (2) WS14A Slave Switches.
This picture represents the switches in a "3-Way - 4-Way - 3-Way" circuit.
Simply connect a WS14A in the middle box (noted by 4 wires removed from the existing 4-Way switch):
1. Connect the 2 traveler wires that make connection from the Switch connection on the first WS14A Slave and the CONTROL screw connection on the
WS13A Master, both to the Switch terminal on this 4-Way WS14A.
2. Connect the 2 traveler wires that make connection from the Live connection on
the first WS14A Slave and the LINE screw connection on the WS13A Master,
both to the Live terminal on this 4-Way WS14A.