A two way switch has 3 terminals.
1 gang 2 way light switch wiring diagram uk.
A common c l1 and l2.
There are two wiring options for this.
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Two way switching allows you to control a light from two locations.
The red wire from the feed cable is connected to the top terminal the red wire going to the light is connected to the bottom terminal the.
The cable going to the light switch is connected as follows fig 2.
2 gang 1 way light switch you don t see these as much now days as many manufactures only make 2 gang 2 way light switches that serve the same purpose you just don t use the third l2 terminal on each gang however i thought we would include it just in case you come across one.
3 gang 1 way light switch.
2 gang 2 way light switch.
How to wire a one way lighting circuit in this tutorial i show how to wire a one way light switch i show how a 1 way and 2 way light switch works i expla.
Line diagram of a one way lighting circuit using in line method fig 1.
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Wiring a two way switch.
Two way switches have a com terminal as well as l1 and l2 terminals.
When l1 is on l2 would be off.
Single gang 1 way light switch.
Single gang 2 way light switch.
When l1 is off l2 would be on.
In position 1 when the switch is down or on com and l1 are connected together just like the one way switch.
A two way light switch has three terminals and is quite like a sigle way switch but now the off position can be utilised also.
A one way light switch is quite easy to wire up.
2 gang 1 way light switch.
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Connect the line brown wire to the l terminal together with the supply cable line wire and connect the blue wire with the brown slewing to the swl terminal together with the lamps line wire.
To switch from two locations you ll need 2 two way switches and wire them together in a particular way.
Some brands of switch may have slightly different labeling on the terminals such as c l1 l2 or even l1 l2 and l3.
