Two very old three way switches are depicted in the photo above. A 2 way switching connection means you can control an electrical equipment like bulb by two switches placed at different places generally used in the staircase.
Two Way Wiring Diagram Wiring Diagrams
Electrical diagram two way light switch. You have an incoming hot wire black going to one screw it does not matter if you use the brass or silver screw on the side of the 2 way switch and a black wire from the other screw on the 2 way switch going to the load light ceiling fan etc. Two way switch can be operated from any of the switch independently means whatever be the position of other switchonoff you can control the light with other switch. Notice the black wire is the only wire that we are controlling through the 2 way switch. This is only a wiring schematic and not the actual wiring method used for 3 way switch installations. A 2 way switch wiring diagram with power feed from the switch light. Below is a simple 3 way schematic that can be applied to all three way electrical light switch connections.
The power source comes from the fixture and then connects to the power terminal. 3 way switch schematic wiring diagram. How to wire 2 way light switch in this video we explain how two way switching works to connect a light fitting which is controlled with two light switches. Two way switch can be operated from any of the switch independently means whatever be the position of other switchonoff you can control the light with other switch. Two very old three way switches. We look at the eu colour coding wires.
You will see that there is a hot wire that is then spliced through a switch and that then goes to the hot terminal of the light.