Soldato
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Evening guys... this has got me scratching my head :/
I've been doing some work in my house, replacing ceilings and the likes. I've come to wire the switches for the hallway lights and I've been stumped.
Ive got 1 ceiling rose upstairs and 1 downstairs. 1 switch at the bottom one at the top obviously with the idea being that either switch will turn both lights on or off.
I just cannot get it to work properly though... I've got it so that there's always one light on. Either up or down, not both. The switching of either up or down switches the lights over. Still only one illuminated!
Upstairs switch has 3 core +E cable and a twin +E.
The twin goes to the upstairs ceiling rose.
The 3 core goes to the downstairs switch.
The ceiling rose has the pendant and the twin +E from the switch
Downstairs switch has 3 core+E from upstairs and and a twin +E.
The twin goes to the downstairs ceiling rose.
The 3 core goes to the upstairs switch.
The ceiling rose has pendant, the ring and the twin from the downstairs switch.
Whats happening guys?
I'm almost sure it worked right when I bought the house but tbh it's that long ago I actually cannot remember. I haven't added or removed any circuits simply replaced the roses and switches once the new ceiling were up.
I can do a little diagram if it helps
I've been doing some work in my house, replacing ceilings and the likes. I've come to wire the switches for the hallway lights and I've been stumped.
Ive got 1 ceiling rose upstairs and 1 downstairs. 1 switch at the bottom one at the top obviously with the idea being that either switch will turn both lights on or off.
I just cannot get it to work properly though... I've got it so that there's always one light on. Either up or down, not both. The switching of either up or down switches the lights over. Still only one illuminated!
Upstairs switch has 3 core +E cable and a twin +E.
The twin goes to the upstairs ceiling rose.
The 3 core goes to the downstairs switch.
The ceiling rose has the pendant and the twin +E from the switch
Downstairs switch has 3 core+E from upstairs and and a twin +E.
The twin goes to the downstairs ceiling rose.
The 3 core goes to the upstairs switch.
The ceiling rose has pendant, the ring and the twin from the downstairs switch.
Whats happening guys?
I'm almost sure it worked right when I bought the house but tbh it's that long ago I actually cannot remember. I haven't added or removed any circuits simply replaced the roses and switches once the new ceiling were up.
I can do a little diagram if it helps
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