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2 way light switch?

When I turn my light on downstairs for the landing light upstairs, it turns on but you have to turn it off upstairs ? The light switch upstairs that controls
the bathroom light turns on the landing light on at the same time ? whats happened ?

kevo
November 2009
The most likely explanation is that someone's put wires in the wrong terminals, I'm guessing one at a switch meaning you have to turn the light off upstairs, and one in a ceiling rose creating a parallel path making the landing light come on with the bathroom light.

It's possible that something really random has happened like the wires falling out by themselves and falling somewhere else so the circuit works but not as it should, but this is unlikely.

Adam
November 2009
At some time, wiring errors have been intoduced by somebody. An electrician will sort you out relatively quickly.

Good luck...

Peccavi
November 2009

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