2 Way Wiring Problem

[EFLImpudence]

and move one of the red & black wires from l to com?

Com to L.

 

[suey10]

You are right about interesting!
Both rocker switches work fine when wired one way. Checked wire colours repeatedly, all good. Not got one of those testers though but have got little screwdriver with neon light?!

 

[EFLImpudence]

For it to stop working completely with only one of the strappers broken it must be the common (red)

Swap them around.
As long as you have the same colour in the same terminal at each end it doesn't matter which.

 

[AndyPRK]

Faults probably on the COM wire. (if no combination will get the light on)

 

[ekmdgrf]

and move one of the red & black wires from l to com?

Com to L.

Ahh, yes!

 

[JohnW2]

OK, Mod 8, that's fair enough - as long as you genuinely think you could provide a rational and intelligent explanation of how Bernard putting the photos in his post meant that the OP would then have known how to do it, even though Bernard didn't do anything to explain how to do it.

I presume that Mod 8's view was that, once the photos existed in the thread (no matter how they got there), the on-topic aspects of the thread were fully served, so your comments about how to post photos added no value to this thread. If you felt it desirable to educate the OP as to how to post photos (for 'next time'), that could have been done by PM - unless, of course, you feel a pressing need to be seen to be giving such advice.

Kind Regards, John

 

[AndyPRK]

Its a shame it was removed. It was hilarious.
You told them not to stop at any step until the end, yet somehow they did stop before it was complete!

 

[suey10]

Just to be clear, I move com to L but what colour combinations should I do in the one with 2 cables please?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Do this:
Red and Black cable-
Red to L1,
Black to L2.

Red, Blue and Yellow cable at both switches-
Red to L1,
Blue to L2,
Yellow to Com

 

[ban-all-sheds]

***Removed***

 

[suey10]

DONE wiring as below but it is just working from the switch with 2 cables.
Any other ideas please, loathe to admit defeat!


Red and Black cable-
Red to L1,
Black to L2.

Red, Blue and Yellow cable at both switches-
Red to L1,
Blue to L2,
Yellow to Com

 

[EFLImpudence]

When the light is on (using the switch with two cables) does the other one not turn it off and then on again?

 

[suey10]

No!

 

[EFLImpudence]

Oh that's a surprise.

That would imply that the 'other' switch is faulty.
Do you have another switch that you could connect to test?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Not got one of those testers though but have got little screwdriver with neon light?!

A multimeter, at least, is an essential tool to have if you want to work on your electrics. It is just as important to have that correct

tool as it is to have screwdrivers to use on screws instead of the point of a vegetable knife, wirecutters to use instead of nail scissors,

wirestrippers to use instead of teeth, and so on.

Neon screwdrivers are questionable from a safety POV as they use your body as a current path, and they are unreliable - to safely check for

voltage you must use a 2-pole tester, such as a proper voltage indicator or a multimeter.



This looks ideal for a household starter set - multimeter, voltage indicator and dedicated continuity tester, all in a handy case:

http://www.amprobe.eu/de_DE/showproduct/115/Junior-Set/

PDF brochure: http://www.amprobe.eu/de_DE/downloadfile/115/beschreibung_1/

All in German, unfortunately, as is the blurb on each product:

Multimeter: http://www.amprobe.eu/de_DE/showproductdata/487/Hexagon_55/

Voltage indicator: http://www.amprobe.eu/de_DE/showproduct/1672/2100-Alpha/

Continuity tester: http://www.amprobe.eu/de_DE/showproduct/481/TESTFIX/

but it should be available in the UK - the company is now owned by Fluke, contact them (http://www.fluke.co.uk

) for info on where to buy.

If not, there are sellers in other parts of Europe: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=amprobe+("junior-set"+OR+1333)

Right now the English specs are still lurking on the Internet Time Machine from when Beha was an independent company:

http://web.archive.org/web/20060920022629/http://www.beha.com/files_uk/multimeter/93549.pdf


Also see another discussion here: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=26282 It's a few years old, so specific model number advice may be obsolete (and prices will be higher), but the generic advice is still sound. As with almost everything else, avoid cheap Chinese products on eBay like the plague.