Hi Guys and Girls,
I'm not sure if anyone can help me but I've brought a 7 day electronic wall switch / timer with the intention of using it in place of the landing light switch upstairs.
Background;
You can switch the upstairs landing light on from downstairs, which is on a three switch arrangement (upstairs landing | hall | porch).
Into the downstairs landing switch it goes
Red - Common
Blue - L2
Yellow - L1
Upstairs, the single switch it goes
Black - Common
Blue - L1
Yellow - L2
x2 Red live wires separated out into a connection block.
Now, the instructions for a typical two way circuit (5 wires one end 3 the other) say;
Connect live wire to LIVE
Com from other switch to LOAD
L1 from other switch to 2 WAY
Switched LIVE wire to LOAD
L2 on the other switch has no connection and must be isolated by connection block etc.
On the rear of the timer there are three options, 2WAY, LOAD, LIVE.
I went with;
Two RED LIVE into LIVE
Black (com) into LOAD
Yellow into block
Blue into 2WAY
Needless to say, the reason I am here is that I can't get it working. I have managed to get it so that the upstairs single switch turns the landing light on and off, but can't get the downstairs hallway one to operate the landing light at all.
Any ideas please?
Thanks!
I'm not sure if anyone can help me but I've brought a 7 day electronic wall switch / timer with the intention of using it in place of the landing light switch upstairs.
Background;
You can switch the upstairs landing light on from downstairs, which is on a three switch arrangement (upstairs landing | hall | porch).
Into the downstairs landing switch it goes
Red - Common
Blue - L2
Yellow - L1
Upstairs, the single switch it goes
Black - Common
Blue - L1
Yellow - L2
x2 Red live wires separated out into a connection block.
Now, the instructions for a typical two way circuit (5 wires one end 3 the other) say;
Connect live wire to LIVE
Com from other switch to LOAD
L1 from other switch to 2 WAY
Switched LIVE wire to LOAD
L2 on the other switch has no connection and must be isolated by connection block etc.
On the rear of the timer there are three options, 2WAY, LOAD, LIVE.
I went with;
Two RED LIVE into LIVE
Black (com) into LOAD
Yellow into block
Blue into 2WAY
Needless to say, the reason I am here is that I can't get it working. I have managed to get it so that the upstairs single switch turns the landing light on and off, but can't get the downstairs hallway one to operate the landing light at all.
Any ideas please?
Thanks!