2 way light switch with 3 red wires help

[Nicola Leigh]

Hi I have a switch with three red wires and 1 red and 1 yellow . I have no idea where all the red wires go to get the switches to function properley. It is a hall landing light . I can manage to get it to turn on and off but not sure how it to function to turn off once on from down stairs to up. Hope am making sense help me !!! I have tried it 100 ways am sure

 

[Nicola Leigh]

I thought I could remember the way it went back not so clever as proven. So no idea after mesing with it the correct positions of the wires. The red wires in the top at present is the wire to connect the switch down stairs. Just can’t figure the others does one go to each other section the down stairs only has one red wire help

 

[EFLImpudence]

Move one of the reds (doesn't matter which) that is with the blue and put it with the yellow.

The Red wire at the other switch must be in the single terminal end with the Blue and Yellow at the other end.

 

[Nicola Leigh]

This is the down stairs I have left the old switch plate up stairs but changed the down stairs but it’s not working does the wiring look ok on this pic to mirror what you have said red in L1 blue in L2 yellow com

 

[Nicola Leigh]

And thank you for responding your help is much appreciated.

 

[Nicola Leigh]

Would you put the red in com on the new switch if you are saying single terminal end sorry was not sure which area was single terminal end

 

[EFLImpudence]

Yes. Swap the Red and Yellow - and do what I said upstairs.

 

[Nicola Leigh]

I would put the mew switch upstairs if you could guide me. In relation to wires in L1 L2 Very much appreciated. I have figuered that the red in the L1 in the white switch is the main red to down stairs.

 

[Nicola Leigh]

OMG it worked you are amazing haha thank you. Does the earthing look on on the metal plate . On previous pic and please could you type the colour codes and area codes for me to add the new switch please if possible. Would the yellow and red go to L1

 

[EFLImpudence]

The earth attaches to the face plate if it is metal.

Just copy this to the new switch:

Do not mix up the lone red.
The others don't matter except Red and Yellow to one side and Red and Blue to the other.

 

[Nicola Leigh]

Thank you for your time and expertise. All the good Karma of good will back to you kind person. It is working perfectly am over the moon.

 

[EFLImpudence]

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Here's an idea for you Nicola - learn how things work before you decide to fiddle with them.

This time all that went wrong was lights not working properly.

Next time someone might die.

 

[Nicola Leigh]

Oh thankyou ban all sheds that was sound advice. am glad am alive and more happier that a positive person helped me out to stay alive.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The point I was trying to make is that you fiddled with your wiring when you didn't know how it worked or what you were doing.

After the event you came and asked for help and ended up following instructions to put-this-wire-in-that-hole without any idea as to why.

That really is not a safe basis for doing electrical work.

And if you think I'm saying these things just to score points then you're sadly mistaken.