new switch wiring help please!

[shazz27]

i can’t figure out how to wire the last switch, to new 2 way switch , to many wires , the light switch i’m trying to do controls bathroom and landing light , there are 2 other switches downstairs for the bottom landing light , 1 2 way switch plus 2 gang switch, i wired the top light as some said it would be but now none of the lights turn off and i have to turn off the fuse box for upstairs and downstairs to cut the lights

 

[winston1]

The normal procedure is to check the photo you took before removing the old switch and wire the new one the same way.

 

[mikeyd]

Hi, not so easy to tell how it was before or after from your description, but 8/10 for trying to draw/sketch it out.

Can you confirm (yes/no) that you now have to turn off 2 "switches" in your "fuse box" to turn "both/all" lights off? You may have joined 2 circuits together which is a bad thing. It's not the end of the world if so. Try to ignore winston.

 

[winston1]

Try to ignore winston.

You have NO RIGHT to tell other members to ignore me or anyone else.

 

[John D v2.0]

You have NO RIGHT to tell other members to ignore me or anyone else.

If you had actually tried to help rather than giving a smug and condescending comment, i might agree, but if you remember back to primary school you'll realise everyone learnt to ignore smart comments at an early age

 

[EFLImpudence]

everyone learnt to ignore smart comments at an early age

Mmmm. That could explain a lot.

 

[winston1]

Every couple of weeks someone comes on here having removed a ceiling rose or light switch etc without noting or photoing the wiring and then asks how to rewire another. Don't you think pointing out their error helps them for next time and hopefully someone else contemplating doing the same thing?

 

[FrodoOne]

Quite apart from any discussion concerning that which the OP (or others) should have done, it seems that the images in https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/wiring-diagrams-for-lighting-circuits.37582/ are not available to assist in any "explanation".

Can this situation be remedied?

 

[bernardgreen]

someone else contemplating doing the same thing?

probably will not have joined the forum until they have already got into difficulties.

 

[shazz27]

@mikeyd yes i have to turn both of at the fuse box to shut the power off upstairs, i have managed to get the landing light off by the switch now tho but bathroom light still on , yeah it was a really stupid thing to do , because the photos i took are clearly not working unless the bottom switch is wrong tho knows

 

[shazz27]

@winston1 , the reason i wanted help was that i can not figure it out from old switch to new the old switch terminal screws are knackered so can’t screw the cables in but , thanks for your concern tho , oh by the way your comments are not really useful but thanks for trying

 

[Taylortwocities]

We all agree that he is trying.

 

[John D v2.0]

thanks for your concern tho , oh by the way your comments are not really useful but thanks for trying

Nicely put , some useful feedback if he is interested.

 

[flameport]

Quite apart from any discussion concerning that which the OP (or others) should have done, it seems that the images in https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/wiring-diagrams-for-lighting-circuits.37582/ are not available to assist in any "explanation".

Can this situation be remedied?

https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/pinned-thread-in-electrics-forum.536951/

 

[shazz27]

most of the photos on that link are not showing