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Try to rack my brain about whether this would work.....

Customer on a job wants to add a 3rd switch on a lighting circuit, however it is near impossible to get from the 2way switch but easy to get from the first switch

Will having the intermediate switch where the feed and switch wire work.....

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It's still wrong. PL and SL must tap into the brown and grey of the same strapper cable. Imagine they were paralelled at one of the 2-ways, and then just transferred to the other end of the same strapper cable.
 
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Yes. I think manufacturers are inconsistent with labelleling L1 and L2 on intermediates. Traditionally I recall it being L1 for both 'brown' terminals and L2 for both 'grey', but have seen drawings as per yours with L1 for both terminals facing one 2-way and L2 for both facing the other. Perhaps someone could confirm? I don't usually install light switches so it's ages sinnce I looked at one.
 
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Lucien Nunes said:
Yes. I think manufacturers are inconsistent with labelleling L1 and L2 on intermediates. Traditionally I recall it being L1 for both 'brown' terminals and L2 for both 'grey', but have seen drawings as per yours with L1 for both terminals facing one 2-way and L2 for both facing the other. Perhaps someone could confirm? I don't usually install light switches so it's ages sinnce I looked at one.
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You're right, they do vary from manufacturer
 
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goasis said:
You're right, they do vary from manufacturer
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They certainly do. More or less any combination you like ?
The common theme seems to be a terminal at the top gets connected to one or other at the bottom ?
(as you might imagine from the construction of the thing). Amongst others Schneider go for L1, L2, L3, L4
 

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