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Hi people
hoping someone can answer my question on whether or not the following is possible;

i have 3 kitchen lights with the light (switched) lives each going to 3 different switches.

i then have a 3 core and earth wire going between each switch, so basically your standard 2way switching with an intermediate in the middle.

the problem I am having trying to work out is how to control all 3 lights from any 1 of the positions when the light feeds are all going to different switches!!
Each switch also has a permanent live and neutral going to them.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Try drawing a wiring diagram for the lights first. You say you have a neutral going to the switch.. Is this connected to the switch or just fed through with connector clock
 
Connect your switched lives to the 3 core brown in each switch

(This means 3 browns at the intermediate with a connector block
Then black and greys on the incoming and outgoing as normal


At one of the 2 way switches connect the incoming live to common of 2-way switch
Connect Black to outgoing + connect Grey to other out going
Connect switched live to brown in a connector block

The other 2 unused lives in the other switches can be ditched



At other 2 way connect grey to outgoing,connect black to other out going
Connect the 2 Browns of switched lives to common of this 2 way switch
 
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Hi many thanks for your responses, yes neutral is just in a connector block, I'm just gona do a diagram based on your info des. Many many thanks only just registered on this site tonight and well impressed!! Hopefully I can help some of you guys out in the future!! ;)
 
Hi many thanks for your responses, yes neutral is just in a connector block, I'm just gona do a diagram based on your info des. Many many thanks only just registered on this site tonight and well impressed!! Hopefully I can help some of you guys out in the future!! ;)

What a night, just watched diy sos and now a this ! I've become all emotional:laugh3:
 

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