Two Way Switching Explained - How to wire 2 way light switch

Regarding the disclaimer, how does someone become qualified and competent? Is there somewhere in the website I should start with basics?

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Great presentation sir ❤❤❤❤

This video is very informative, and easy to understand

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Why not just wire 1 to 1 and 2 to 2?

Is there a way to do this with two regular switches?

thank you..

first presentation is like XOR gate

then

version 1 - XNOR
version 2 - XNOR
version 3 - XOR
version 4 - XOR

An excellent, simple graphic. That should help anyone who has any problems with understanding the setup.

Could you also show the setup with double/treble light fittings ?

While those four different versions are subtly different, they all assume you have room in the conduit leading to switch 1 for an extra three cores of cabling. What if the conduit for the original switch can't take an extra three cores of cabling? An alternative way to upgrade from 1-switched lighting to 2-switched lighting which requires room for only one additional core at the original light switch is to connect L1 to L1, L2 to L2, and importantly, to power the light from switch-2's common instead of from switch 1.

Thank You for your simple explanation. L1 to L2 and the common to common did the trick for me. I had wires in the walls and you helped me more than any other video. Well done my-man. after this I won't need to watch another video again. have many times over the years. You are an incredible teacher

Does this also work for storage heater 2way switches?

thanks for the knowledge 🤝

Ive got 2 lights and 2 switches needing fitted in a garage. To add the 2nd light do i just take a link from the first light to the second? At 2.44, basically with another Live and neutral to the next light ?

13 years later, i found the answer

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i was thinking about how this works all day and couldn't figure it out, i can't believe it's this simple

i'm going to build this in minecraft

This video deserves million likes

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Why when light is off, my first switch is in on position and second switch is in off position? How to make both switch in off position when lights are off?

I am OBVIOUSLY not an electrician. But I am an old (79) guy with lots of digital logic experience. I knew I could find the answer here, but I thought I should try to work it out for myself, a job I expected to take between 5 and 15 minutes. 40 minutes later, I still hadn't gotten my head around it. I even resorted to fooling around with "truth tables" and considering the various possible switch combinations and outcomes. I probably could have worked it out this way although maybe I would only have formalized the problem still without figuring out how to wire the darn switches. It couldn't be that complicated, and it's not. In fact, it is the sort of simple solution that we call "elegant." But it is hard to get your head around it.

Thanks, Paul, for turning on the light for me!

Problem solved..😁

Your videos are just incredible! One of life’s mysteries solved. Thank you!

I love your videos, I have some basic understanding of electrics but your videos give total clarity

Thanks I do not have a a house anymore :)

Excellent explanation. I'm trying to explain how to remove switch 2 to a friend and sent this video. Would it be fair to say to disconnect any connection to switch 2, tape off each of those wires and cap. Replace switch 2 with a wall plate. Then confirm supply at fixture is tied to Sw, if not remove old Sw2 connecr, tape & nut, then connect Sw1 supply to fixture. Replace switch 1 with a 2way (US) if necessary?
Sorry, I hope that made sense. Thanks for help.

My light switch upstairs in my new house will only turn on when the light switch is off, I’m going upstairs with my torch 🤦‍♂️

Very helpful - a big thank-you. The only thing I don't understand is why you'd use the 4 more complex versions of the connection in place of the "basic" version.
EDIT: I answered my own question: it depends on the position of the live and the load - in the basic case the live comes into one switch while the load is connected to ther other switch. In other cases, the live and load might both come into one switch, hence the variations.

This is the proper way to do it. There are other confusing methods.

Version 2,3,4 seem unnecessarily complicated. Version 1 is the simplest

These are the simple things that my tired brain struggles with.

Why doesnt it short when the Live connects to L2 and the switch is on so current is flowing form L2 Swith 1 to L1 Switch 2 and looping through Com 1 and 2??

Why would you not just always use the first setup shown? All the others seem unnecessary complicated.

On the 1st set up with the live going into the com of the 1st switch and the live out com of switch 2 to the light can you line up L1 with L1 and L2 with L2 instead of switching them like you showed in the video? I thought that is what you were going to do and don't see why it would make a difference especially with AC but idk for sure

cable color does matter for v3 and v4??

Excellent delivery for the Layman 👍👍😊

Is this basically an XOR gate?

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You have to put a sleeve on a hot wire to indicate that it could potentially be hot??

It's good to see the different versions of carrying out this task, but I tend to use version 4 most of the time.

My head just went bang......

I was able to practice all the versions successfully and I must say all of them makes supply available to them switches in case you need to loop a feed or live for fan

I really want this video to understand the diagram

Dislike how we cannot agree on colours as a human race, doesn’t surprise me but fuck just say hot, neautral and ground… atleast that’s universal

Me I thought L1 go to L2 and LET go to L1 to connect the switches

Thanks for this video! It allowed me to figure out and fix why I could only use one switch for my living room fan and stairway light!

I used two way switch for Fan. when i press two way switch button then socket plug get affected. whatever I plug into that socket, its get off and start again.
What is the issue???

Tulisan nya mengganggu, tdk terlihat line connetion yg anda tampilkan!