The first reason this is bad is on safety grounds. This allows a single light to be turned on or off from any of the switches.
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Intermediate lighting circuit diagram. 2 way and 2 way and intermediate connections explained. L and n indicate the supply. Intermediate switch lighting circuits. This type of circuit is used in large rooms long corridors staircases and generally in large rooms. As a part of the am2 exam you will have to wire up a 2 way and intermediate lighting circuit with one light. Videos are training aids for city and guilds c.
Here we have a 3 way switching lighting circuit sometimes called two way switching with intermediate. Otherwise continue with the am2 exam guide. The circuit is wired in twin and cpc cables twin and earth cable and 3 core and cpc cable. In this video were going to be looking 4 different ways to control a light using 3 separate switches and then also two ways to control a light using 4 or more switches. Earth wires are not shown. Switching lighting circuit allerretour with two extreme switches and one or more intermediate switches.
Two way switching 2 wires. In an intermediate switch there are four terminals by which it changes the flowing of electric current from one circuit to another see fig 1 2 and also known as three way switchit has the ability to on and off the electric supply by two ways. Construction working of intermediate switch. There is more than one way to do this depending of the type of cable available and on the installation requirements. Control of a lighting circuit from three or more points. The most basic circuit with only two wires at the switch.
This page shows it wired in the old cable colours if your house has the new colours you want to go here. Say we are working on the light upstairs so we turn off the upstairs lighting circuit thinking we are safewrongthe live is picked up downstairs and there are still live conductors feeding the switch upstairs and if someone flipped the downstairs switch in this diagram that live feed would extend all the way to the lamp too youre fried. Four pages showing how 3 plate lighting circuits can be wired up. 2 way lighting circuit wiring diagram 2 way lighting layout drawing intermediate lighting. Follow this link if you are looking for a comprehensive step by step guide on two way and intermediate lighting circuit wiring. Switches are shown as dotted rectangles.
The four terminals of intermediate switch construction and its operation are shown in fig below. These diagrams show various methods of one two and multiple way switching.