Two way switching is the most common requirement for many household and commercial lighting solutions. 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 Switch Wiring Diagram Wiring Diagrams
Two way light switch circuit. This should give you a good basic understanding how the 2 way switch circuit works and will help you in adding or changing a 2 way switch. So now that you have a basic concept of wiring a 2 way switch lets look at the following 2 way switch diagrams to see which type of circuit scenario you have. We look at the eu colour coding wires. The first reason this is bad is on safety grounds. 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. 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.
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. 2 way switching means having two or more switches in different locations to control one lampthey are wired so that operation of either switch will control the light. This arrangement is often found in stairways with one switch upstairs and one switch downstairs or in long hallways with a switch at either end. Whether it is the switching of a light from two different places inside a domestic dwelling or switching a series of lights in a commercial environment two way lighting circuits provide a cost effective and easy solution.
Gallery of Two Way Light Switch Circuit
