wirring a three way light switch

[johno2004]

could anyone tell me how to wire a three way light switch?

 

[dingbat]

Yeah, look at the 'For reference' thread at the top of the index. (I'm assuming by 3-way, you mean wiring a lighting point so that it can be switched from three different switch positions.) You need two two-way switches and an intermediate.

 

[johno2004]

no what i ment was a switch with three different lights connected to it!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Then you should have called it by its proper name - a 3-gang light switch. Avoids confusion.

But again - look in the reference section on how to wire a 1-way light switch, and do that for each of the 3 groups of terminals in your 3-gang switch.

 

[brown-nought]

Or do you mean three lights wired in parallel to the same switch?

 

[securespark]

Has anyone got a paracetamol?

 

[dingbat]

So come on Johno... do you want a switchplate with three switches in it, to operate three different lights independently? Or do you want a single switch to operate all three lights at the same time? And what, exactly, do you have at the moment?

 

[securespark]

Can I have another, please?