Double switch wiring help needed. NOOB!

[Firetrapdiva]

I need some wiring help. I have been putting new switches on throughout the house & have had no issues with the Y block backed ones. Just copied & swapped how they previously were. But this lastest switch doesn't have a Y block it has one big block with L1-1 & L1-2 on the left hand side of the square & L2-1 & L2-2 on the right. This is confusing to a noob like me. So I put one wire in an L1 & one in an L2 & the lights worked but on opposite switches. There's 2 sets of lights in the lounge & the right switch ended up controlling the left & vice versa. So I swapped the wires around & they still control opposite lights but now one switch in down & one is up. How do I get them to work properly & both be in the same position?

 

[Lister1987]

Sounds like you've got an intermediate switch. You want a one way or two switch (the ones with 3 terminals/holes on the rear.

You could use L1-1 and L1-2 and ignore the others - in 1 position the circuit would be on, in the other it would be off, however you might find it easier with a 1 or 2 way switch instead.

 

[Firetrapdiva]

Sounds like you've got an intermediate switch. You want a one way or two switch (the ones with 3 terminals/holes on the rear.

You could use L1-1 and L1-2 and ignore the others - in 1 position the circuit would be on, in the other it would be off, however you might find it easier with a 1 or 2 way switch instead.

Thanks for your response. Appreciate it. When I purchased it it said it was a 2 way 2 gang switch. I just figured it'd have the same Y shaped doings at the back. So put both wires in the L1's? Will try it. Thanks

 

[littlespark]

So the switches are left to right, and upside down? (Off is on, on is off)?

Turn the switch upside down?

 

[Firetrapdiva]

So the switches are left to right, and upside down? (Off is on, on is off)?

Turn the switch upside down?

No, the switches when I first wired it were both off is off just wrong side. Now, when I swapped the wires one is off & one is on. That's a good idea though, turning it around. Except there's this fancy thing on it which goes on the top. Guess it's not that important

 

[Lister1987]

Take a picture front and back, just to humour us, it might help

 

[Firetrapdiva]

Take a picture front and back, just to humour us, it might help

I ended up turning the switch upside down after trying all the different variations of L1 & L2 with still no change. So technically sorted it haha. Thanks though