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2 gang switch query?

i have a 2 gang switch on the wall (it has 2 switches) one of them switches on the garage and box room light at the same time. the other switch does nothing.
i switched off the power and opened the box, and discovered the following.
the switch that does the garage and box room light is wired as
Red - comm
Blue - L1
yellow - L2
earth to back box earth point.
the switch that does nothing has no wires connected.
with the configuration of the wired switch as it is, is it correct?

is it possible to utilise the second switch by wiring it up using twin earth cable some how to power a different light (i know i need to jump across com to com) but what else??

jo
October 2009
The presence of 3 wires suggests there is another switch somewhere which controls the same lights, in which case linking the 2 COM terminals won't work.
Alternatively one of the wires may not be doing anything, in which case linking the 2 COM terminals may work.

In either case you would still need to run a neutral to the new light, then a cable back down to the switch as if there wasn't already a switch there - just because there is a 2 gang switch on the wall doesn't mean you're already half way there.

Adam
October 2009

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