Two gang switch

[Tully]

Greetings,
I have a ceiling light and wall light in a room controlled by a double switch in the room. I can only have the wall lights on if I first switch on the ceiling light, would very much like to just have the wall lights on without the overhead ceiling lights.
All my wires are brown so I have labelled them B1 etc.
The first gang switch part is B1 to L2 and B3 to com on the other gang switch B2 to L2 then a piece of cable goes from the first com to the second com terminal. Might be wrong but have worked out that is why I must have the first light on so that this link to the com becomes live but how can I change the set up so that each light comes on separate?
x Tully

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

try swapping,
B1 and B3 around so B1 is in the com where B3 is and B3 is in L2 where B1 is!

 

[Tully]

IT WORKED
Thank you so very much PrenticeBoyofDerry. I have spent the last three evenings swaping wires and even a new switch and it was just one wire.
Thanks to you have completed that DIY job and can move on to the next adventure sitting having a nice glass of wine thanks again
Love Tully

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Some reading matter for you while you sit with your wine.

• //www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics
  
  
• //www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:books
  
  
• http://web.archive.org/web/20080213151445/http://www.kevinboone.com/electricity.html
  
  
• http://web.archive.org/web/20080213151445/http://www.kevinboone.com/domesticinstallations.html
  
  
• //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7553[/list]
  Your problem should have taken you 3 minutes to fix not 3 days.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

IT WORKED
Thank you so very much PrenticeBoyofDerry. I have spent the last three evenings swaping wires and even a new switch and it was just one wire.
Thanks to you have completed that DIY job and can move on to the next adventure sitting having a nice glass of wine thanks again
Love Tully

no worries, happy to be of assistance.
The way it was terminated, meant you did not have a permanent live link across coms.