2 way switches not working

Loky11 · Jan 4, 2019

Now guys,

Need some help please, i have a 2 way switch that not working correctly, got a 2 gang 2 way switch on landing of 1st floor, on second floor there's a 1 gang 2 way switch, now the problem is that if the light is turned on from 1st floor it can not be turned off from 2nd floor and vice versa, it will only turn off from the switch that turned it on. Is it possible that the wires in the switches arnt wires in the correct terminals ? All advise appreciated. Cheers.

DPG · Jan 7, 2019

If you had mentioned that plumbers had lifted boards then this problem would have been fixed on the same day that you first asked the question.

Loky11 · Jan 7, 2019

DPG said:
If you had mentioned that plumbers had lifted boards then this problem would have been fixed on the same day that you first asked the question.

Haha true, very true, however plumbers had a key and came when i wasn't there so when i had returned to the job i had no idea which floor boards the had up.

telectrix · Jan 7, 2019

DPG said:
If you had mentioned that plumbers had lifted boards then this problem would have been fixed on the same day that you first asked the question.

it's great when you find a solution to a problem that's been caused by a wet-pants. just goes to prove that we are the alpha trade. plumbers are lower down the evolutionary scale, somewhere between apes and amoebas.

Lucien Nunes · Jan 7, 2019

Well spotted! The screw would have been shorting one strapper to the common. At least it was an easy pull after all.

DC-backfrom the past · Jan 7, 2019

DPG said:
If you had mentioned that plumbers had lifted boards then this problem would have been fixed on the same day that you first asked the question.

got to agree ,thats why I thought it was a faulty switch, as no other workmen had been mentioned .

glad you found the fault and posted here with the result. always good to get a reply as many post questions.... get replies and disappear into the sunset leaving us cast aside

Loky11 · Jan 8, 2019

DC-backfrom the past said:
got to agree ,thats why I thought it was a faulty switch, as no other workmen had been mentioned .

glad you found the fault and posted here with the result. always good to get a reply as many post questions.... get replies and disappear into the sunset leaving us cast aside

Well, it wasnt mr wet pants after all, the labourer has admitted it was him that screwed the board down