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<blockquote data-quote="Charles R" data-source="post: 494865" data-attributes="member: 32588"><p>Can anyone give me a few clues please . At the top of the stairs I have two intermediate switches facing each other . The one on the left as I arrive at the top , works , but only when the switch opposite is in one position . I can operate the light with this switch fine ,on and off etc , but must always return it to that same position for the other lights to work . If I forget to return this switch to that one position , my sister asks why the lights don’t work . Clearly the wiring is wrong somewhere . I simply want to turn the lights on and off and not rely on keeping this one switch in the same position. I could put one of those plastic locks you can buy on the switch to stop it being used and kept in one position , but would like to try wiring it correctly .</p><p></p><p>i am new to the forum and this is my first post . I can post pictures or tell you where the wiring </p><p></p><p>goes . Both intermediate switches are Crabtree . Both switches have two black and two grey wires in the terminals , with one switch live on one of the black wires . All the other wires </p><p></p><p>are in choc blocks . I would be very grateful for any advice or clues you can give me .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles R, post: 494865, member: 32588"] Can anyone give me a few clues please . At the top of the stairs I have two intermediate switches facing each other . The one on the left as I arrive at the top , works , but only when the switch opposite is in one position . I can operate the light with this switch fine ,on and off etc , but must always return it to that same position for the other lights to work . If I forget to return this switch to that one position , my sister asks why the lights don’t work . Clearly the wiring is wrong somewhere . I simply want to turn the lights on and off and not rely on keeping this one switch in the same position. I could put one of those plastic locks you can buy on the switch to stop it being used and kept in one position , but would like to try wiring it correctly . i am new to the forum and this is my first post . I can post pictures or tell you where the wiring goes . Both intermediate switches are Crabtree . Both switches have two black and two grey wires in the terminals , with one switch live on one of the black wires . All the other wires are in choc blocks . I would be very grateful for any advice or clues you can give me . [/QUOTE]
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