Two Gang One Way Light Switch Wiring Diagram

Jul 18 2020 this pin was discovered by cosmas chinoda.

Two gang one way light switch wiring diagram. There are two methods of making 2 way switching connection one is 2 wire control and another is 3 wire control. However if you need two switches to control a single lighting circuit such as in the case of at the head and foot of stairs so you can switch the lights on and off in both places you need to understand a 2 way switch. Typically these terminals will be marked com and l1 sometimes l1 and l2. There are two terminals in a one way light switch.

The red wire from the feed cable is connected to the top terminal. The sleeved wire is not a neutral but a switched live to you fitting. Discover and save your own pins on pinterest. Although technically it doesn t matter which way round you connect the wires it is best to stick to convention and connect the permanemt live from the supply to com and the switched live to the lamp.

Line diagram of a one way lighting circuit using in line method fig 1. You don t see these as much now days as many manufactures only make 2 gang 2 way light switches that serve the same purpose you just don t use the third l2 terminal on each gang however i thought we would include it just in case you come across one. For you to operate both lights individually using a two gang switch you need to install a feed to the second light live neutral and earth this can be done by using the existing link between the two lights that is connected to line and neutral on the first fitting. A one way light switch is quite easy to wire up.

Two way switch can be operated from any of the switch independently means whatever be the position of other switch on off you can control the light with other switch. A 1 gang switch will control a single lighting circuit and with a 2 gang switch you can control two lighting circuits and so on.