Wiring a hallway two way switch

[brumDIY]

Hi all, I was having some work done as I've moved into a new house in Feb. My electrician did all the wiring for a new partition in the front room but has been detained in the EU because of the 2 week isolation period. I've managed to wire up the outlets but have no clue what's going on with this two way switch or how to wire it up - any ideas?

Pic of wiring:

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[westward10]

Have you done those connections, you have earths connected to what appear to be lives.

 

[brumDIY]

Have you done those connections, you have earths connected to what appear to be lives.

No, this is how the guy left it - should I swap these around? If I want to wire up the two way myself how should I go about it?

 

[westward10]

No don't touch it, from a distance it is impossible to say how it should be connected. Is it actually live?

 

[brumDIY]

Is it actually live?

I would presume so. Because the other side of this two way is live

 

[westward10]

If that is live the electrician should never have left it like that. Hopefully only one connector is live and the one with the earth connected is dead.

 

[littlespark]

Sorry, theres too many configurations of wires at switches for any of us to guess what is going on here.

A couple of things though do concern me and many others, i bet....

Brown wire (and one of the reds i see) should not have excess copper showing, even if it is dead.

Blue wire thats in the white T&E with that brown shouldn't be cut back like that. Left long, and into a single connector.

cpc's should have individual sleeving on them, not doubled up into one.

And if any of that is live, it should be behind a blank plate or an unconnected switch or something.

 

[DPG]

I'm surprised the sparky did that.

 

[westward10]

I'm surprised the sparky did that.

I don't think much surprises us anymore.