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The new two way switch works perfectly itself, but I now have the situation that if both hall switches are in the off position, it will turn off the lights in the living area. The 2 gang living/dining switch is just inside the hall - the wiring of this switch and the hall switch are somehow...

Reading back I realise what you meant was the link wire should connect COM on the other switch to L2. These old style switches are very confusing to wire - where the COM is on the opposite side to the L1 and L2. Anyway I have made that change now and seems to be working so far. Just going...

No joy. Switch A (landing) still works fine but I cannot turn on the hall light with any combination. I now have 4 wires in COM for switch B - 2 red from the same cable and the link wire (as per existing wiring) and the brown from the new switch. the link wire links to L2. Does that sound...

TTC, thanks for your reply. Does this image work for you? My link wire is indeed in COM and I have a black in L1, so I am going to try what you suggest now, thanks. Yes I have run a 3 core and earth to my new switch.

I have a 2 gang 2-way switch in the hall, switch B is 1-way and controls the hall light, switch A is 2 way and controls the landing light along with the other 1 gang switch on the landing. All standard stuff and working fine. I'd like to wire switch B to be 2-way, so I can also control the...