Replacement Intermediate switch issue

[securespark]

What is your point?

How did "1, 2, 3, 4" help you?

Are you saying terminals don't need identifying anymore?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Are you saying terminals don't need identifying anymore?

Not necessarily. How does "1, 2, 3, 4" help?

As you say the one in question has a diagram on it so what does "1, 2, 3, 4" add? Not to mention if it did not have the diagram.?

 

[EFLImpudence]

They might as well have labelled them top left, top right, bottom left & bottom right.

 

[securespark]

But, in conjunction with instructions?

Would that change anything?

 

[EFLImpudence]

I really don't know what you are getting at.

Does "1, 2, 3, 4" help anyone identify the terminals?

 

[pcpcpc]

Put the red in 1 and black in 4 then blue in 3 and yellow in 2

Perfect, all back working.
Many thanks!
PC

 

[pete01]

I really don't know what you are getting at.

Does "1, 2, 3, 4" help anyone identify the terminals?

Well it helped pcpcpc as he got told to put wires into terminals 1,2, 3 and 4 and it worked

 

[sparkwright]

Does "1, 2, 3, 4" help anyone identify the terminals?

I think it would help with fault-finding.
I think it would help when trying to describe the wiring arrangement to another person.
I think it would help to get some kind of 'consistency' when wiring up a lot of intermediate switches, in the lottery where some electricians like to wire things up first time to every switch can be in 'off' position when the light is off.

It would, for example, be very difficult to talk to a poster on DIYnot about an intermediate switch without being able to identify the terminals. (The top right terminal. My right? No your right. Oh bugger this.)

That said, some manufacturers make little or no attempt to make the intermediate markings correspond in any way to the two way switches.

 

[EFLImpudence]

I think it would help with fault-finding.
I think it would help when trying to describe the wiring arrangement to another person.
I think it would help to get some kind of 'consistency' when wiring up a lot of intermediate switches, in the lottery where some electricians like to wire things up first time to every switch can be in 'off' position when the light is off.

It would, for example, be very difficult to talk to a poster on DIYnot about an intermediate switch without being able to identify the terminals. (The top right terminal. My right? No your right. Oh bugger this.)

That said, some manufacturers make little or no attempt to make the intermediate markings correspond in any way to the two way switches.

Ok. I give up.

I had not realised the true purpose of the "1, 2, 3, 4".