2 way switch

[eco-tech]

Oh chaps i am a spark (controls) but this has lost me grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Cheers for ya help.

 

[rocker]

What is the switch currently feeding? because this is what you want to be looking at, the switch is just a switch.

EDIT: BTW didn't mean any offence thought you were a member of the public! Turns out you could teach me a thing or two (or three)

EDIT VOL II: just re read and I think I know what you mean. Without thinking about it too much it appears to me that youll need to run more cables. You'll have some kind of 'rose' effort going on in the existing fitting - switch, neutral and loop.You'l have to take a neutral and line (loop) to another arrangement, then take a switch wire from loop down to the (new, additional) switch, then back up to the 'switch' part of the arrangement (i.e. the bit attached to the line side of the appliance). Is that what you were after?

 

[Amp David]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[eco-tech]

No rose its just L/N/E

Just hope i have a perm feed to my switch.

Just to make sure (you do have two perm feeds to a 2 way switch ?)

 

[johnboy6083]

ecotech, on a 2 way switch you have one perm feed, coming from the loop terminal on a normal ceiling rose, and you have a switch live which goes to the live terminal in the ceiling rose. You then have 2 or 3 (depending on installation method) live cores betwwen the switches.

http://www.diynot.com/wiki/_media/electrics:lighting:two_way_lighting:2way_scheme_v2.jpg

most people use the 3 core method, but the other method can be useful if wirng in conduit ect, to save cable

hope this helps, (and i aint left anything out)

 

[eco-tech]

Hmmmmmmmmmm

Looking at some drawings just now..........

If if have a perm feed to switch 1 in L1 and then this feeds L1 on my other switch (2 gang) then this will be my perm feed ?

Or is this a switched feed ?

I also have a common to common and L2 TO L2

Do i link L1 on to the common on the 2 gang then my feed to the spots from L1 on the 2 gang switch ?

 

[eco-tech]

The light only has L/N/E (no rose)

I understand a 2 way switch but cant get my head around this one

Do i have two perm feed at each side of switch 1 and switch 2 ?

 

[johnboy6083]

in all situations you will need to run a second switchline back up to your new lights!

 

[eco-tech]

I have a cable run to my spots from Switch 2 but i cant pick up a perm feed to this.

Is any chance of picking this up from switch 2 ?

 

[eco-tech]

Or how about i run a feed from the dis board (radial) to my switch ?

 

[johnboy6083]

can you not just run a cable from the nearest ceiling rose. Then you have a loop and a neutral and earth. run the core from the loop down to your switch, the other core goes form the other end of the switch to your switch live at the light. Job done!

 

[eco-tech]

Na i looked at that one but the building is a small terrace (old) and the only way of getting to a rose is under the bathroom floor (tiles) and also would have to pull up oak floor (not a good thing )

My plan now is to poss cut into the lighting at any point and run a perm feed from this to my switch !

Would this be ok ? (regs)

 

[eco-tech]

Or chase out from the live feed switch and into switch 2 ?

 

[eco-tech]

Or tell them they can only have both on or nothing lol

 

[eco-tech]

On switch 2 ...........

Can i link common and L1 or L2 up ?

Will this give me a perm feed ?

So as to what ever the switch one is in (on or off) i will have a live feed to my spots ?