How do I re-wire the first three-way light switch to be replaced with the second three-way light switch please?
1. Current
2. New
1. Current
2. New
How to re-wire three-way light switch (images)?
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Three gang - three way is three switches working one light.
The switches are exactly the same - ignore the lettering.
The switches are exactly the same - ignore the lettering.
What is vital is please make sure you don't mix up the cables between the 2 switches .......... mark the cables & photograph before you disconnect anything.
Thanks for your replies.
I labelled every wire and re-connected as you advised, but now the left and right switches are controlling the opposite lights incorrectly.
How can I resolve this?
I labelled every wire and re-connected as you advised, but now the left and right switches are controlling the opposite lights incorrectly.
How can I resolve this?
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Either swap the connections or turn the switch upside down. Five minutes work to swap the connections over.
My guess is that that turning the switch left to right is more likely to work.
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Is it? I would says three way is one switch working three lights, like enter, knock, and wait lights outside an office, the switch can direct the output 3 ways.
With the switches shown, there are three connections only to each switch in the gang, and it could work two lights each say stop/go although we use them to control one lamp in conjunction with another switch
is spot on, should not need to read anything, just follow the picture.
Yes, that would be a three-way switch as opposed to three-way switching.
So what do you call three switches (at different locations) operating one light?
The OP has three-gang two-way switches; two of which (I think) are operating as one-way.
The Americans call two-way switching three-way.
Which is almost as stupid as writing the date with the month first, but not nearly as stupid as going to the supermarket with a gun, or worse, even being able to buy one while you do your grocery shopping
The new light switch is still not working when re-wired as advised above.
Maybe I should ask the question a different way:
Which terminals relate to each other on the two switches below please (old vs new)?
Maybe I should ask the question a different way:
Which terminals relate to each other on the two switches below please (old vs new)?
if you look at each of the switches you can see that it is groups of three terminals L-L1_L2 and on the grey one COM1-L11-L12
the white one has three groups of L-L1-L2 but the grey one uses COM1-L11-L12 and COM2-L21-L22 and COM3-L31-L32
so white L equals COM , white L1 equals L11/L21/L31 and white L2 equals L12/L22/L32
exactly as efl stated above
the white one has three groups of L-L1-L2 but the grey one uses COM1-L11-L12 and COM2-L21-L22 and COM3-L31-L32
so white L equals COM , white L1 equals L11/L21/L31 and white L2 equals L12/L22/L32
exactly as efl stated above
On the new switch, they have inserted an extra 1, 2, and 3 into the markings.
So, L11 on the first switch is simply the same as L1 on the old switch. (Forget the first number after the L)
L12 on new is L2 on the old switch. (Forget the first number after the L)
Middle switch is as follows;
L21 is L1 on old switch L22 is L2 on old switch. (Forget the first number after the L)
Right hand switch is as follows;
L31 is L1 on old switch L32 is L2 on old switch. (Forget the first number after the L)
Admittedly, they have swapped the positions of the L1's and L2's on the new switch which doesn't help because it adds a bit more confusion to them adding an extra 1, 2 and 3 to denote the switch numbers. But whatever wire was in L1 on the old switch goes into L1 on the second. Just ignorethe first number after the L in each case.
So, L11 on the first switch is simply the same as L1 on the old switch. (Forget the first number after the L)
L12 on new is L2 on the old switch. (Forget the first number after the L)
Middle switch is as follows;
L21 is L1 on old switch L22 is L2 on old switch. (Forget the first number after the L)
Right hand switch is as follows;
L31 is L1 on old switch L32 is L2 on old switch. (Forget the first number after the L)
Admittedly, they have swapped the positions of the L1's and L2's on the new switch which doesn't help because it adds a bit more confusion to them adding an extra 1, 2 and 3 to denote the switch numbers. But whatever wire was in L1 on the old switch goes into L1 on the second. Just ignorethe first number after the L in each case.
That would have made no difference to the lights working or not.
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