Help. I am trying to replace a 2 way light switch on the landing. I did not take notes of what wire went where before I took the old one off, a silly mistake. I have 2 red and 1 black wire, cannot make it work, any advice on the wiring please
Err why have I just seen 2 pullcords in a bathroom for 2 way lighting. 1 directly above the bath measuring 2000mm from the bottom of the bath?
Never seen that before!!
Hi can anyone help me with a diagram on how to wire a pir. The one I have only has three wires, live, neutral and earth ... These diagrams I have seen show a switching line too Motion sensor wiring with switched override feature -...
Hi,
I have an existing 2-way switch which is wired as:
A = Red (top of switch)
B1 = Yellow (top of switch)
B2 = Blue (top of switch)
A1 = Black (bottom of switch)
A2 = blank (bottom of switch)
B = Red (bottom of switch)
My new switch (image attached)
I would be grateful if anyone could let...
I’ve taken off and old two way two gang switch to replace with new one for more modern fascia and cannot get new switch two work. I’ve resorted to the attached which allows the other switches downstairs to work as they should. How do I get the wires into this switch to match how they are...
Thought I’d start a thread to see how everyone does 2 way switching, a know there’s a few ways. Me myself always connect my feed in with L1 and switch wire in L2 and then in common is just the brown from the 3 core, at the other switch all you have is the 3 core. This is baring in mind I work...
Trying to wire a 2 gang 2 way light switch and I have 2 cables, both cables have neutral(blue) and brown(live)? where do i put the cables on the switch. I can get one to work but when i copy the other cable to the other switch they dont turn on.
Please help!
pics attached.
Hi all trying to get my head around hall and landing switches, basically a 2 gang 2 way down stairs, a 3 gang 2 way on the middle floor and a 2 gang 2 way on my loft conversion landing
Does any one know whether this should be on the a particular floors circuit or is this just judgement based...
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I’m trying to change my 2 way standard on/off buttons for a 2 way 2 gang dimmer. The old cables are making me wonder where I should put in the new dimmer.
In the old 2 way standard on/off the live (red) goes into A 1 way and at the same time into B COM. The blue goes into A COM and the...
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I was experiencing some crackling when turning our kitchen lights on (2 gang 2way). I opened up the light switch to see if there was any obvious issues such as loose wires and I noticed the one loose earth wire. One earth wire to the light switch was wired to the casing and...
Guys .. go easy on me .. looking for help on the wiring of this circuit ... I can't for the life of me get the batton in the second room working ... Power is there. .. but possible no Neutral .. .. I've attached a drawing of the circuit .. it's wired in 2 plate ... (Power to the switch) I'm a...
Currently doing testing on an old building, with concrete walls everywhere, circuit finder dosnt work.
So using 2 way Radios, but they are opening the Protective RCBOs!
Using Motorla, has anybody else had this issue? Does anybody know of a 2 way Radio that will not open the RCBO?
Tia
Hi,
Hopefully a quick and easy question.
I have just installed lights in my loft and everything is work without problem. However, I am a little paranoid about leaving the lights on up there and when closed up you can not see that they are on and it could be months before this is discovered...
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Sotty if this is a repetative post but I could not find anything similar to my question anywhere on this forum.
I need a 2 Gang switch with 1 x Intermediate & 1x 2 Way. I have serached a lot on the internet but had no joy!
Can anyone advise where I can find a cheap plastic one, please...
Hi all,
What options do I have when connecting the common cable in a 2 way + Intermediate light circuit. (Side question - what would this circuit be called in industry?)
I'm using 3 core and earth.
If I'm not wrong, the black common cable would be connected together (and not in a terminal...
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I’m a little confused, I’ve just swapped a 2 g 2 way switch in the hall which controls the hall and landing lights. I thought I’d rewired it exactly the same way but clearly not. The switch works correctly controlling the the hall and landing lights, however the upstairs switch which has not...
Hi I need some help. I have a 2 x 1 gang 2 way light switches - 1 on the upstairs landing and 1 downstairs. They both used to work to control 1 light but have recently stopped. I have opened them up and messed around and now cluelesss how to put them back! The upstairs switch (2nd Picture)...
I have an upstairs hall light can be switched on/off from both upstairs switch and downstairs switch.....the downstairs light can only be switched on/off from the downstairs switch....the upstairs switch does nothing.
When I look inside the upstair switch it's not connected....I have a diagram...
The house renovation is almost done but some of the original 1980's switched have remained and I wanted to swap them out for the MK ones in the new parts of the house. Simple job eh?
So I bought some 2 way switches for the hall (4 switches control the same set of lights); for the snug (2...
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