Another 3 gang 2 way please

[jjonesxx]

Hello!
I'm replacing an old 3 gang 2 way switch and could do with some help. I've some attached some pics of the old and the new. Two are one way and the third on the right is a two way. Any help appreciated.

PS. Have I even got the right kind of new switch?

 

[mikeyd]

That's the right switch, but I'm crap at explaining.

Your old switch (and your new one) has 3 sets of 3 terminals but if you imagine they are in a triangle with the one in the middle upside down.
The old switch has A, B and C for the 3 lights. I'll call them X..
Your new switch has the triangles clearly marked, but in a different way to your old switch.

You need to put all the com on the old switch to com on the new one, the ones maked X1 to 1 way, and the one marked X2 to 2 way, but take care, as the "pointy end" of the triangle on the new switch isn't the same as the old switch.

Probably clear as mud so good luck!

 

[mikeyd]

This might be easier, move old to new in red and ignore the terminal marked loop.

 

[jjonesxx]

Thanks Mike, actually that's very clear and I'll try it this afternoon.
I looked at other posts, google diagrams etc and the triangle layout was mentioned alot but I couldn't SEE it. Now I can and it makes what I've been learning start to make some kind of sense and be a little less scary.
Thanks!

 

[plugwash]

What makes your new switch more confusing is it doesn't follow a normal UK layout. Nromally UK switches have COM at one end of the triangle, but that one doesn't.

 

[jjonesxx]

I'm using a Scheider lisse 10ax 3-gang 2-way light switch from Screwfix so figured it was kind of normal.

Schneider Electric Lisse 10AX 3-Gang 2-Way 10AX Light Switch White - Screwfix

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Think that because I now understand the triangle thing, I'm hoping I'll be able to see it on other switches in the future. It just seems more logical now. Baby steps!

 

[jjonesxx]

It worked! Out of curiosity, do the extra 1 way & 2 way both run along to the dimmer switch?