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i thought all was well but later that day i noticed that there is still a problem with the 2 way switches--i can turn on the kitchen light with either the switch by the patio door or the switch in the kitchen and turn it off with the same switch i turned it on with........BUT not with the other...

i'm on a high now. time to wreck the show

I did it. i just tentatively touched both the probe ends against each of the 4 reds with the meter at 600V AC and 3 wires gave no reading and 1 gave a reading. so i followed your advise above incl connecting the loose piece of wire between the 2 comms and the live to the comm for the outdoor...

OR should i be measuring current rather than voltage to test which wire is live???? on the meter current seems to be DC only. is there no such thing as ACcurrent. i assume not. i thought it only applied to voltage

i read the booklet again--its sinking in now---there is a taking measurements section--one subheading is measuring ac/dc volts--i guess this is the bit i should follow--it says to put the black probe in COMM and the red probe in V(ohm)mA. i also now see that the wavey line means AC voltage and...

i might just guess which is live. i only would need to try three combos. if none work it must be the 4th wire

it says in the instructions to turn the power off first to that circuit. but surely if i do that then all 4 wires will be currentless. do they mean --turn off the power, connect the multimeter and then turn the power back on then. plus the multimeter has numerous different figures on it on a...

i got a pocket digital mulimeter and i just don't have a clu e how to use this to determine which of the 4 reds are lives. help.

thanks for all the info. i'll get a multimeter . will 2 red wires turn out to be lives and 2 coms

there is a short eg 5cm length which i think connected between 2 points. sorry , forgot about that

and an earth comes out of each of the three sheaths. incl just one earth for the sheath with 2 red wires

yeah the earths on the back-box

Hi, I have what i think from your wiki section may be a 2 gang light switch in my kitchen beside the patio doors into my garden. This 2 ganger has 2 ?switches (not sure of terminology here)on the front of it. one switch is a 2 wayer for a light in the middle of the room- the other switch...