2 x 2-way lighting

[HandyMandy]

Hi

New member here looking for some help with 2-way lighting in a townhouse - i.e. entrance lobby, living acc on 1st floor and bedrooms on 2nd floor.

Client wants 2 way switching for entrance lobby and 1st floor landing light. Thats fine. He also wants 2way switching for 1st floor and 2nd floor landing. Snag. How do I get the 1st floor landing light to be controlled by 2 separate 2 way switch circuits??

Have tried to draw it out but can't make sense of it.

Any offers (other than having 2 lights on the 1st floor landing on separate control circuits - the client does not want that).

Many thanks

HandyMandy

 

[trev]

Landing lights all on the same circuit with intermediate switching?

 

[HandyMandy]

Trev

Thanks for the quick reply.

Have suggested that - it seemed the easist way but the clinet does not want the lights to be on/off. He wants to have 2 separate "circuits" i.e. lobby/1st and 1st/2nd.

Coming to the conclusion this will not be possible but there are loads of town houses around so what do they do?

HandyMany

 

[onions1066]

Basic intermediate switching. How is it wired at the min, 3 plate?

 

[trev]

The town houses (stupidest designation for a building ever imho) use one circuit and intermediates mate.

 

[onions1066]

I might be being thick here but I don't quite understand what he wants. How many points does he want to switch from ?

 

[trev]

I'm guessing but think he wants hall and first floor on/off and first and second floor on/off.

 

[onions1066]

Oh now I'm understanding trev. I'm with you one circuit with intermediate switching seems the way forwardforward

 

[trev]

Could put each light on it's own PIR, wouldn't give the client exactly what they want but it would be a pretty cool solution.

 

[HandyMandy]

Thanks guys!!

In a past life I worked in a Major Corporate and thought that awkward clients were unique to that environment.

Oh how very wrong I have been!!!

I will go for Intermediate switching or suggest that the lobby stands alone (given that the 1st floor landing light is att he top of the stairs anyway).

Thanks again.