Neutral for switch for Half-Hot

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Dennis Alwon said:
sorry I was thinking one half -switched receptacle
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No, you got it correct. George's "half hot" is in fact a "half switched duplex". The quote of George's in your last post that gave you pause was in response to your idea of feeding the "hot half" of the duplex receptacle separate from the "switched leg" from the three-way switching.
 
al hildenbrand said:
No, you got it correct. George's "half hot" is in fact a "half switched duplex". The quote of George's in your last post that gave you pause was in response to your idea of feeding the "hot half" of the duplex receptacle separate from the "switched leg" from the three-way switching.
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I thought he only had one half switched outlet not all the outlets in the room
 
Dennis Alwon said:
I thought he only had one half switched outlet not all the outlets in the room
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I don't think he actually specified how many in the area were switched. If it really is all of a room's duplex receptacles, then the room literally is "half hot"!
 
The use of "hots" and the singular "a", to me still leaves the "half hot" as a singular "half switched duplex", and thus the answer to Dick's question.
 
al hildenbrand said:
The use of "hots" and the singular "a", to me still leaves the "half hot" as a singular "half switched duplex", and thus the answer to Dick's question.
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Thanks based on that ,I'll now go back and see what this post is about,,,,,,is "half hot" common jargon between the residential trades?

dick
 
dicklaxt said:
. . .is "half hot" common jargon between the residential trades?
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Actually, in all my years, this was new to me. But that's not saying much.

I suspect it's a mountain thing. . . and thinking of the source, here, it might even be a "George" thing.:D
 
The way they drew it, every recep in the bedrooms are half switched.

Half hot may be a local term, it's easier to say than "switched outlet."
 
i see no use in 4 wire and just did a house with two outlets on a three way in two different areas. dont see the point, when 3 wire works fine. Did as Dennis described, which is the only way i ever run a 3 way, if i can help it. All switches now installed in WA have to have a neutral unless one can be added easily later (run in conduit or fished in). which sounds kinda weird, but whadda i know? But it makes it soooo much easier for me to go into a house to trim out when there are NO dead end three wires in a box.
 
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