Replacing Landing Switch - need some help please

[i=p/u]

i have 3 switches in my hall and one is an indermediate, one floor, not 3 floors ,one floor

 

[High Tower]

I=p/u, please don't show your inexperience, a intermediate can only be used in a 3 way situation as it has to be accompanied by a 2 way at the start and a 2 way at the end regardless to weather it's 2 plate or 3 plate.

 

[Knobhead]

i have 3 switches in my hall and one is an indermediate, one floor, not 3 floors ,one floor

To quote Charlie Brown “Good Grief!”

 

[Knobhead]

Forgot to add, well done mungo AKA Josie. This has proved one thing about this board, you came and honesty said you’d got your self out of your depth and the guys rallied around. we get some who try to use BS to get help and get shot down in flames.

 

[Adam W]

I=p/u, please don't show your inexperience, a intermediate can only be used in a 3 way situation as it has to be accompanied by a 2 way at the start and a 2 way at the end regardless to weather it's 2 plate or 3 plate.

Yes but if you have more than 2 switches controlling the same light or group of lights then only 2 of them can be 2 way, the rest will need to be intermediate, regardless of how many stories there are in your house.

You could have a bungalow or single storey flat where the hall light is controlled by a switch by the front door, a switch by the lounge door and a switch by the bedroom door; one will be an intermediate.

... Or if you were really lazy you could have your bedroom lights controlled by a switch by the door, and one on either side of the bed. Again, 3 switches, one of which is an intermediate.

 

[Knobhead]

Yes but if you have more than 2 switches controlling the same light or group of lights then only 2 of them can be 2 way, the rest will need to be intermediate, regardless of how many stories there are in your house.You could have a bungalow or single storey flat where the hall light is controlled by a switch by the front door, a switch by the lounge door and a switch by the bedroom door; one will be an intermediate.... Or if you were really lazy you could have your bedroom lights controlled by a switch by the door, and one on either side of the bed. Again, 3 switches, one of which is an intermediate.

It’s totally irrelevant to the OP. It was a basic two way switching set up, intermediates had nothing to do with the situation!

 

[High Tower]

Yes but if you have more than 2 switches controlling the same light or group of lights then only 2 of them can be 2 way, the rest will need to be intermediate, regardless of how many stories there are in your house.

You could have a bungalow or single storey flat where the hall light is controlled by a switch by the front door, a switch by the lounge door and a switch by the bedroom door; one will be an intermediate.

... Or if you were really lazy you could have your bedroom lights controlled by a switch by the door, and one on either side of the bed. Again, 3 switches, one of which is an intermediate.

Adam, is that not what my post was trying to explain?, i=p/u didn't tell us he lived in a bungalow, so how was i supposed to know, i was merely trying to stop him further confusing this lady unnecessarily

 

[Adam W]

High tower it's irrelevant if i=/pu or anyone else lives in a bungalow or a 3 storey house - an intermediate switch is used if there are more than 2 switches controlling the same group of lights. It could even be in the same room.

 

[Knobhead]

High tower it's irrelevant if i=/pu or anyone else lives in a bungalow or a 3 storey house - an intermediate switch is used if there are more than 2 switches controlling the same group of lights. It could even be in the same room.

But there wasn’t so why confuse mungo with a load of piffle? It happens all to often on here, what sets out as a basic question ends up on Mars! Look at the OP then answer the question!

 

[High Tower]

This i know, i wire them up, day in day out, im well aware of how the work and where they should be used, if you read my posts i explained this to him, but as tony rightly points out and as i pointed out in the first place, the OP diddnt have one, diddnt need to have one, certainly diddnt need to be popping out to wicks to buy one.

I=P/U started telling us that he had one in his hall, i assumed that he, rightly or wrongly had a 3 storey house this is the normally when you get to see a inter in a domestic property. i dont really care if its a long hall, a long living room or a 3 storey house, its irrelevant to this post and the OP diddnt need to know about it.

 

[Adam W]

Is this the bit where I say "I thought this was supposed to be an electrical discussion forum" and "contrary to Tony's post #19 someone always seems to end up getting shot down in flames"?

I agree that this thread seems to have gone off at a tangent from helping out someone who has a switching problem to a discussion about how big and what shape i=p/u's house is; I was just trying to clarify this bit:

You only need a intermediate if you have 3 floors or more

where the word 'floors' should read 'switches'.

 

[High Tower]

Is this the bit where I say "I thought this was supposed to be an electrical discussion forum" and "contrary to Tony's post #19 someone always seems to end up getting shot down in flames"?

I agree that this thread seems to have gone off at a tangent from helping out someone who has a switching problem to a discussion about how big and what shape i=p/u's house is; I was just trying to clarify this bit:

where the word 'floors' should read 'switches'.

That my friend i must concede, it should have said switches.

 

[alarm man]

Forgot to add, well done mungo AKA Josie. This has proved one thing about this board, you came and honesty said you’d got your self out of your depth and the guys rallied around. we get some who try to use BS to get help and get shot down in flames.

agree tony,honesty is the best policy,too many chancers passing themselves off as sparks,ive posted before that if you need help,just tell the truth,chancers are easily sussed,

 

[i=p/u]

argue black is white, you qualified sparks.....

 

[alarm man]

argue black is white, you qualified sparks.....

how is black not white,i could argue black is white all night,and as for how long is a piece of string im ya man...chill ip,its only a bit of fun,if you dont you will end up bitter and twisted like me..