Hall lighting total confusion and mess.

[FerryBig]

Hi all

Looking for some advice on where to put the wires after changing the 2 way 2 gang switch downstairs and the ceiling rose downstairs. I took a load of pictures before and I still can't fugure out where to put the wires in the new switch downstairs and I'm not sure if I have put the wires correctly in the ceiling rose.

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Hope someone can help, it's probably second nature to most of you on here.

 

[EFLImpudence]

I'm afraid your pictures aren't good enough to tell.

The wires go to the same terminals as before.
Just be aware that your new switch is two triangles the same way up but, on the old one, one triangle may be inverted.

//www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:lighting:lighting_circuit_layouts

//www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:lighting:two_way_lighting

 

[FerryBig]

I wired the new switch as follows,

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The left side switch with the yellow and red wire now switches on the light upstairs hall but he right hand switch with 2 black and a red does not switch on the downstairs hall light but the order is reversed if I then switch off the single switch upstairs, still with the downstairs light not working in any case.

I have wired in the short red wire which was between the 2 common connections as it was in the old switch.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Basically there is Plan A, and there is Plan B, and history tells us that topics like this usually end up at that conclusion, so to help you get there more speedily:

PLAN A:

• Learn how lighting circuits are wired.
• Get a multimeter and learn how to use it.
• Identify which conductors are which at the switches and the light positions.
• Check for voltage present, circuit continuity, switches working etc.
• Connect everything up properly.

PLAN B:

• Get an electrician.

 

[FerryBig]

yep...plan b initiated