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Just to emphasize to any DIYer that that is not the right way to wire a two-way switch.
Fortunately most of the people giving good advice on here know that is not the correct way to wire a switch.

In my mind the OP was not clear on whether the described wiring was into one gang or both when I bothered to read the original post (several times),

In order to give advice we frequently have to ask questions to clarify the information provided, especially the questions and the stated facts.

. . accordingly I asked this question:
Which of these 2 options are you saying you found when you removed the old switch?View attachment 279060
deciphered from words copied and pasted it looks like this:
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Just to emphasize to any DIYer that that is not the right way to wire a two-way switch.
Fortunately most of the people giving good advice on here know that is not the correct way to wire a switch.

In my mind the OP was not clear on whether the described wiring was into one gang or both when I bothered to read the original post (several times),

In order to give advice we frequently have to ask questions to clarify the information provided, especially the questions and the stated facts.

. . accordingly I asked this question:
Which of these 2 options are you saying you found when you removed the old switch?View attachment 279060
deciphered from words copied and pasted it looks like this:
View attachment 279087
 
Sponsored Links
Just to emphasize to any DIYer that that is not the right way to wire a two-way switch.
Fortunately most of the people giving good advice on here know that is not the correct way to wire a switch.

In my mind the OP was not clear on whether the described wiring was into one gang or both when I bothered to read the original post (several times),

In order to give advice we frequently have to ask questions to clarify the information provided, especially the questions and the stated facts.

. . accordingly I asked this question:
Which of these 2 options are you saying you found when you removed the old switch?View attachment 279060
deciphered from words copied and pasted it looks like this:
View attachment 279087
 

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