A 2 way switch wiring diagram with power feed from the switch light. How to connect 2 way switch wiring using three wire control.
Two Way Switched Lighting Circuits 1
Two way lighting wiring diagram. Lets have a look at a basic circuit diagram describing two way switch wiring. 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. This method is commonly used now days as it is efficient than the two wire control system. The first reason this is bad is on safety grounds. The electricity flows from the hot wire black through the 2 way switch shown in off position and then to the light and returns through the neutral wire white. Please note that the some of the below diagrams have been drawn with the older cable core colours others with the new cable colours.
Where 0 represents the off condition and 1 represents the on condition. There are a few different methods of providing a 2 way switching circuit these are shown below. This is a completed circuit. Wiring diagrams two way switching is most commonly found on stairs and landings and long corridors. By wiring a 2 way switch the circuit below shows the basic concept of electricity flow to the load. The power source comes from the fixture and then connects to the power terminal.
This is the new method to make a 2 way switching connection as it is slightly different from the two wire control method. 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. 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. Lets assume the load you are controlling is a light.
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