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how do identify 2 way switch wiring?

how do i identify which wires go where in a 2 way switched light? someone has mixed up the wires at the ceiling rose! the light is on and won,t switch off from either of the switches!

rob
May 2008
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Rob, look at DIYnot.com for this one.....under electrics UK......wiki. Very well explained indeed.

John
May 2008

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