New switch no COM connection

[ParaJack]

Hi, I have a double switch in the hall, one switch turns the upstairs/landing lights on and off and the other switch turns the hall light on/off. Obviously there is a single switch upstairs to turn the upstairs landing lights on/off.

I've bought a new switch but there is no COM connection in it, as you can see on the old switch there is a short wire going to each COM connection, is this switch the wrong one or does it just need wiring differently? (Is the L at the top of the new switch used as the COM?)

Thanks in advance.

 

[Meggerman]

Yes, L is Common, isolate upstairs and downstairs lighting circuits, and copy terminations onto new switch.

 

[ParaJack]

OK thanks I thought that would be the case, but better to be safe!

 

[telectrix]

in pic#1 there's some exposed copper showing in the com terminal. try and get the cables connected without exposed bare copper. trim the ends if needed.

 

[ParaJack]

Yep done that

Thanks.