Two-Gang for One-Way & Two-Way?

[Spuggy]

Hi,

I have just fitted an outside light, and I am hoping to swap the existing 1-gang/2-way switch in our hallway for a 2-gang switch.

Would it be possible to have one of the switches kept as a 2-way for the lights in the hallway, and the second switch for the outside light as a 1-way?

For clarity, the existing 2-way switch is just brown/common, black/L1, grey/L2, and the earth. There is already twin/earth in situ for the outside light.

Cheers.

 

[AdrianUK]

Yes, On the switch you wish to be 1-way..... just connect to the 'COM' & 'L1' terminals. leave the 'L2' terminal unconnected.

 

[Murdochcat]

Do you have a neutral at this switch

 

[Spuggy]

Do you have a neutral at this switch

No, just the 3-core/earth that's already being used, and the 2-core/earth that comes from the outside.

 

[Murdochcat]

No, just the 3-core/earth that's already being used, and the 2-core/earth that comes from the outside.

For the outside light to work you need a neutral

 

[sparkwright]

You can't do it then. You need a neutral from somewhere on that lighting circuit.

 

[FrodoOne]

You can't do it then. You need a neutral from somewhere on that lighting circuit.

Spuggy
Since you ran a cable from the switch to the outside light,
can you get a 2 core/earth
from a Box, Switch or Ceiling Light Rose where there is Line, Neutral and Ground,
to that Switch Point.

(You may not have a Line at that switch, either.
The connection on the Common terminal may be the Feed to the Light, from the other two-way switch.)