Can anyone help me....

[upside01]

.....before I go crazy, I have just purchased two new light switches for the hallway and landing, they are both double two way switches, I'm having problems with wiring them up, I probobly should not have started this as I'm certainly no electrician. The downstairs switch controls the hallway and landing the upstairs switch controls the landing and bathroom, I wired the downstairs switch and got both lights to work but am having great difficulty with the upstairs one ( also the downstairs has now stopped working since I tried wiring the upstairs ) I have posted a picture of the wires and would be very grateful if someone could tell me which terminal to connect them. I have tried doing a serch on the web for some sort of diagram to help me but had no luck and like the complete novice that I am did not even bother making a note of where the wires were situated on the old switch so cant even put that one back. The photo of the switch is not the best but it says on the back...

1 (way) 2 1 (way) 2

com com

Also there are six terminals on the switch and seven wires to connect and the earth wire is in a block.
Any help much appriciated.
Thanks all.

 

[upside01]

ok for some reason I cant see my pictures.....there are 3 red wires, 2 black wires a blue wire and a yellow wire, The 2 black the yellow and blue wires each have red sleeves on them.

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[besenzig]

Have a looka t this easy to follow diagram, this should sort it out for you.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/DataSheets/MK/WiringDiagrams.pdf

 

[holmslaw]

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[upside01]

Thanks for your replies here is the wiring for the upstairs switch

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[holmslaw]

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[upside01]

here is a picture of the downstairs wiring.

//www.diynot.com/network/upside01/albums/6687/26699

and the new switch, both switches are the same.

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my appologies for the poor quality, thanks for your help.

 

[comms]

Downstairs switch:
switch one to operate hall light; 2 core cable red to common terminal & other red to terminal 1

switch 2 to operate landing light; 3 core cable red to common terminal, yellow to terminal 1 & blue to terminal 2

Upstairs switchyou will need to find out which t/e cable operates bathroom light & which operates landing light)

Switch one to operate bathroom light, (one of the) 2 core cable red to common black with red sleeving to terminal 1

switch two to operate landing light, 3 core cable red to common, yellow + 2core cable red to terminal 1, blue of 3 core cable + black of 2 core cable to terminal 2

 

[Electrifying]

Downstairs switch:
switch one to operate hall light; 2 core cable red to common terminal & other red to terminal 1

switch 2 to operate landing light; 3 core cable red to common terminal, yellow to terminal 1 & blue to terminal 2

Upstairs switchyou will need to find out which t/e cable operates bathroom light & which operates landing light)

Switch one to operate bathroom light, (one of the) 2 core cable red to common black with red sleeving to terminal 1

switch two to operate landing light, 3 core cable red to common, yellow + 2core cable red to terminal 1, blue of 3 core cable + black of 2 core cable to terminal 2

Sounds good to me.

Don't forget the 'thanks' button if it works, upside01

 

[upside01]

Sorted now...thanks very much for your help guys.