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EGerrard
Hi,
I bought new chrome light switches to replace the plastic ones - one upstairs 2 gang and one downstairs 1 gang. The switches control the hall light, and the upstairs one also does the bathroom light. At the moment they aren't linked i.e you can't turn the hall light off upstairs if you turned it on downstairs. I just assumed the house wasn't wired properly. But putting the new switches on I realised there was a two loose wires and in actual it wasn't wired properly. I have now wired them as per 2 way and they are now linked and work. My problem is now the bathroom light no longer switches on. I thought on a 2 gang switch the two switches are independent of each other so why isn't it working? Is this the reason the switches, upstairs and downstairs were not linked in a 2 way? The bathroom light seems to only have one wire which is strange but it seem to work fine before. Any help or advice you have give would be much appreciated. I took a photo of the wiring before I took of the plastic switch you can see only one wire going into the COM and the loose wire and how I have wired it now. (not sure if they have uploaded I am struggling to do it)
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I bought new chrome light switches to replace the plastic ones - one upstairs 2 gang and one downstairs 1 gang. The switches control the hall light, and the upstairs one also does the bathroom light. At the moment they aren't linked i.e you can't turn the hall light off upstairs if you turned it on downstairs. I just assumed the house wasn't wired properly. But putting the new switches on I realised there was a two loose wires and in actual it wasn't wired properly. I have now wired them as per 2 way and they are now linked and work. My problem is now the bathroom light no longer switches on. I thought on a 2 gang switch the two switches are independent of each other so why isn't it working? Is this the reason the switches, upstairs and downstairs were not linked in a 2 way? The bathroom light seems to only have one wire which is strange but it seem to work fine before. Any help or advice you have give would be much appreciated. I took a photo of the wiring before I took of the plastic switch you can see only one wire going into the COM and the loose wire and how I have wired it now. (not sure if they have uploaded I am struggling to do it)
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