Sure and, conversely, with your arrangement 'unoperating' the "everything" switch would not turn off the accents lights if they were already on by virtue of their own switch ... a bit of a "six of one, half a dozen of the other", I reckon - but, as I said, I doubt that either would be a sufficient inconvenience to outweigh the simplicity and cheapness of being able to use a standard 2-gang, 2-way, light switch (rather than my suggestion!).
That's very true, thereby underlining the fact that you approach is simpler and cheaper than mine. I should have thought of it myself - I did initially play around with some scribbling with two 2w switches, but for some reason did not arrive at the (your) solution which 'works'!
Disclaimer: I've not read the 3 pages of posts following this, but my immediate thought is are the people in your house so dim that they could not cope with a 2-gang switch, one gang doing the accent lighting, and the other doing the main light, and would not be able to decide what to do?
As I understand it there are lots of 2G switches with the rockers so close together that they can be operated simultaneously by one finger.
No mention of wanting/needing some unnecessarily complex radio-controlled switches just to turn a few bathroom lights on and off.DeadBeat said:
I know what "need" means.
Thanks for that - I didn't think it was necessary to find photos, so common are switches like that, and given the lateness of the hour ICBA.
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