help with 2 way switch

[Demeter]

hello,

just started decorating my new house and need help with the wiring in my hallway where the lights on the hall stairs can be switched on and off from a switch downstairs and up stairs. The switches must control there own landing lights also.

some pics: down stair switch - the left switch turns my downstairs light on/off, the right dose nothing.

a closer look:

upstairs switch the left switch turns my upstairs light on/off, the right dose nothing. The up-stair light also has another switch of its own and this works fine

a closer look:

the stair landing light pic:

a closer look:

hope some one can help.
demeter

 

[ColJack]

help with what?

i don't actually see a problem stated here, or a question even..

what is it that you want help with?

 

[wingcoax]

In pic of downstairs sw what are two wires twisted together? seem to be a shade of grren in pic.

 

[ColJack]

I know it's bad form, but you may be answering my other post and this addition may take time..


are you asking why your 2 way lighting is not working?

edit: yeah those would be the earths...

you do need to put another earth wire under that screw in the backbox in the ceiling.. there is no continuity between the earths otherwise...

from the wiki.. where mor information on 2 way lighting can be obtained..

 

[Demeter]

help with what?

i don't actually see a problem stated here, or a question even..

what is it that you want help with?

i need help wiring up the light when i wired it up the light stayed on i couldn't turn it off

 

[flameport]

That setup has either never worked properly, or someone has been messing around with it.

Downstairs switch / with the orange wallpaper:
Put the loose yellow wire into the empty switch terminal at the top left (next to the blue wire).
The green sleeved wires need to connect to the terminal in the metal backbox.
Leave the other wires as they are.

Upstairs switch / pink walls:
Not clear why you have got 2 switches there, but a likely setup could be:
Looking at the back of the switch, move the Blue at top left into the same terminal as the Black at bottom right.
Move the Yellow (centre top) into the same terminal as the Red (centre bottom)
You should now have along the bottom row: Black (no change), Red+Yellow, Black+Blue.

Of the 2x reds in the same terminal top right, the red from the red/blue/yellow cable stays there. The red from the red/black cable moves to the top left (where the blue one was).
You should now have along the top row: Red, Nothing, Red

The light fitting:
The two red wires twisted together need to be connected in a connection block.
The two Black wires are the Live and Neutral to your light fitting.
The green ones are the Earth and connect to the light fitting. If the light has no earth connection, put these into a separate terminal block.

 

[Demeter]

Upstairs switch / pink walls:
Not clear why you have got 2 switches there

this switch controls 2 lights the upstairs and the stair landing


i will do this tomorrow morning its getting dark and i have a rubbish torch- thanks very much for the help m8!

demeter

 

[AndyPRK]

Common sense would tell me that the yellow should be wired into the terminal next to the blue.

 

[ColJack]

since a picture paints a thousand words..

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and why didn't you habe the fore-thought to take pictures before you started to disconnect everything?

5 minute job.. do it now or risk falling down the stairs in the dark... or having to leave the landig light on all night..

 

[Demeter]

Common sense would tell me that the yellow should be wired into the terminal next to the blue.

common sense tells me not to mess around with electrics until i know what I'm doing

 

[Demeter]

fantastic! thanks for the help- i will let you all know how i goes in the morning- thanks so much guys!!!!
demeter

 

[ColJack]

missed one on the orrange wallpaper photo.. swap the 2 reds over.. they're in the wrong switches..

 

[Demeter]

and why didn't you habe the fore-thought to take pictures before you started to disconnect everything?

i did that's them.

i learnt that lesson a few years ago.

the celling was like that all tucked away in the box

 

[securespark]

The only thing not clear here is with the top switch:

Don't know which T & E to team up with the three-core. But that's easy to work out.

 

[ColJack]

soon find out when the wrong light comes on with the 2 way..