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THANK YOU for all your help / advice. I think I am just going to live with the configuration I have, & just put up with not being able to turn the main hall light off / on via the switch by the street door. All seems ok other than that, no sparks / smoke / shocks, & have been at it for nearly...

" EFLImpudence " have wired up exactly as your amended post states. All seems to be working but with just one problem. The upstairs light now turns on & off from both the switch I am wiring & the upstairs switch - So all ok there. The downstairs main hall light switches on & off from the...

Yes I did " PrenticeBoyofDerry " but alas no joy. It was laid out in the following way, from back of switch as you look at it. Top left marked L1 no wires. Middle Left marked L2 - Blue & Black wires twisted together. Top Right marked Common - Yellow. Bottom Left marked common - Yellow red...

Above are links to pictures of both the wiring & the back of the switch. If someone could just say in REALLY SIMPLE terms where each goes. I.E. twisted red to L or L1 or L2 left as you look at or right as you look at switch. Many many thanks in advance.

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Thanks for the info, but as my user name says " Amateur " being the optimum word. I still have no idea what you mean. As stated in the original post, on the back of the socket they are marked " L - L1 - L2 ". There is NO L3 as you have replied Also I don't know what a " Common" even...

Ok some HELP required on wiring a 2 gang 2 way light switch please. I have read the other threads but they make no sense to me. I have the following setup: A single light switch at the top of the stairs ( Landing) that just operates that light. A double light switch at the bottom of the...