Electrical Wiring 2 Way Light Switch

With this done you can now start to wire the two way electrical switch to the box.

Electrical wiring 2 way light switch.

Wiring a switch loop when the electrical source originates at a light fixture and is controlled from a remote location a switch loop is used. This circuit is wired with a 2 wire cable running from the light to the switch location. If the light switch has a ground screw on it usually green and at the bottom of the switch connect it now. It is a standard single pole switch with three terminals.

By wiring a 2 way switch the circuit below shows the basic concept of electricity flow to the load. 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. Take the white wire leading to the second box and mark its end black too. 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.

Connect the white wire with the white wire the black wire with the black wire and either splice the red wire with the black wire or attach it to the black wire s source. The two way switch will have corresponding wires or screws. A 2 way switch wiring diagram with power feed from the switch light. First of all we should connect the ground wires to the box.

A three way light switch is one where you have two switches that have the ability to control the same light or set of lights. Therefore the 2 switches the light 3 way. The three terminals are usually named com l1 and l2 but sometimes com 1 way and 2 way are also used. Two way switch can be operated from any of the switch independently means whatever be the position of other switch on off you can control the light with other switch.

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. This is a completed circuit. 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. Connect the 2 ground wires with a fourth wire nut.

Let s assume the load you are controlling is a light. The power source comes from the fixture and then connects to the power terminal. Assuming it is a steel box. Connect the black wire coming from the lightbox with the black wire leading to the second switch by twisting their ends together and fastening with a third wire nut.