I have 2 lights in hall, they're controlled by 3 light switches. They should both switch on and off in the same time. First light has simple wiring ( brown, blue, earth). Second light has 2 earth wires, 4 blue and 4 brown. I've changed light fitting on the second one and I have problem wiring it right. It works with switches but the other light stays on, can't switch it off. Help, please!
HELP! 2 lights with 3 light switches, can't make it work!
- Thread starter Klooska
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need to be a bit clearer.
The 2 lights always used to be on or off together.
Which light is stuck on ? The one with lots of wires or the one with small amount of wires.
A picture of the lots of wires would help
The 2 lights always used to be on or off together.
Which light is stuck on ? The one with lots of wires or the one with small amount of wires.
A picture of the lots of wires would help
Lights were always on or off together. The one that's on all the time is the one with simple wiring. I can't take a picture now of the light with lots of wires, but can tell you, there's 2 pairs of grey wires coming from a ceiling; grey wires in each pair are connected by earth wires; each grey wire has blue and brown wire. One blue is marked with insulation tape, I'm guessing that's switch wire. I've connected marked blue one to L, all brown to loop and all the rest of blue to N. Light works with all 3 switches, but the other light just stays on. It has only simple wiring, blue and brown wire connected to N and L. I hope that's clearer.
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You need to connect the brown from the second light to the switched live with the brown from first light.
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