Wiring Diagram Using a 2 Gang Switch to Control 2 Independent Lights Using the 3 Plate Wiring Method

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[@adamwillis9872]

I am not even taking my electrician exams, but this is really useful to understand what a mess my current house wiring is in. Great video.

[@GSHElectrical]

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[@fa63]

Your style of teaching is brilliant. Unlike other's who go directly to how it's done practically causing confusion , you first explain it on paper and drawings.

[@AG64845]

Just solved my lighting issue with my own diagram + yours, thank you mate, very informative video!!

[@GSHElectrical]

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[@darkdepth1991]

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[@GSHElectrical]

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[@hannahgoaten1467]

Amazing video !! Thanks so much helped me a great deal when adding exterior lights to the garage and changing the 1 gang switch to a 2 gang 1 way switch

[@bigbobcat160]

Brilliant teacher, God bless you

[@GSHElectrical]

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[@ir7868]

What a great lesson. We can’t learn in College like that way

[@GSHElectrical]

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[@sandyfleming9490]

Perfect easy to follow diagram! Thanks for this!

[@mrmime125]

Great videos and the best part is the explanation. Very useful content, thanks!

[@GSHElectrical]

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[@Hussking84]

So efficient and simple way to understand absolutely amazing video thank you :)

[@GSHElectrical]

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[@Dog-whisperer7494]

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[@dplatts14]

Really clear video and diagrams... I would be so grateful if i had Gaz as a tutor! Am i correct in thinking if you wanted to have downlights in either one of these rooms, you have the ceiling rose connections in a Junction Box and then have your L/N/CPC to your first downlight then daisy chained?

[@mondhersafi2640]

Great video! Clear diagram and good explanation. Thank you for making life easier 😁

[@GSHElectrical]

Massive thanks for commenting and watching 👍🏻. Gaz

[@allamalbertbeza2679]

I'm here to say that you are so amazing for your explanation but can you please explain how to wire 3gang switch with 2plate method

[@CH-en4er]

That was great, very clear. Thank you.

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks for watching 👍🏻

[@seshachary5580]

very educative. thank you regards

[@GSHElectrical]

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[@Jamesf7j]

Thanks for the video. Just wondering whether it's absolutely necessary to connect both CPC wires to the switch CPC terminal in this case? Seems even with only 1 CPC connected to the switch terminal, both lights and the switch would still have cpc connection back to consumer unit?

[@Ahmad.alhawarat]

Very helpful.. thank you 👍🏻

[@GSHElectrical]

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[@Youplatecouk]

This is just brilliant - I lost all lights in my garage, and only then do I find that the electrician that did the wiring was a cowboy! There was a right mess hidden behind switches and tucked away. I have now purchased conduit and sorted the mess and deleted that electricians phone number!

[@havocprod]

Much appreciated as usual.

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@michaelshaw9389]

Thank you very helpful. I have to replace a double switch but one of the switches has two L1 - how do I describe this type of unit when search for a replacement? Thank you, Mike

[@JasperJanssen]

What did they mean by two L1? Just two terminals that were shorted together?

[@namkeen2908]

Great video thank you

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks

[@namkeen2908]

Hi there is a metal box where the previous cpc is connected however I have a metal switch, where do I put the cpc, in metal box or the switch ? Thank you in advance

[@bluielewie4212]

Thanks for you're explanation very good job! but the question I have is I'm running a 3/4 with earth core cable running to my 2 way switch can you explain how I run my cores in My switch l to keep each light separate?? Do I just link across my commons

[@daveroberts9836]

Thanks that as been clear and concise well done

[@lizzie8491_]

Can you take a feed to a second light from a 2-gang switch, rather than the 2nd light getting a feed from the 1st light?

[@danhenshy23]

Thanks, really helpful video. I'm assuming if you were running the lighting circuit on to other rooms, you'd use the vacant terminals in the right hand light fitting to continue the journey?

[@Tselectricals]

Very helpful presentation bhai ❤❤❤❤

[@matte999me]

Excellent videos. Is there any chance of the tech on similar wiring but for wiring through the switch on 2 gang please. Have power supply coming in and need to operate 2 different lighting systems (porch light and hallway) from a 2 gang switch. Many thanks

[@bobsmodelrailways]

Can I use this method from a 2.5TE Ring Main fused spur as a radial supply to switch a shaver socket on one switch and a cabinet light transformer on the other switch?

[@shanehillman8773]

How would it be if having 2gang 1way but 2 lights in the same room, can you just connect commons in switch but then keep switching lines separate between the 2 lights?

[@SATNAMSINGH-oq2zw]

Good video,it’s help me to do wiring in my garage. Simple nd easy teach . Thanks

[@fiveone8166]

Great Explanation :o)

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@robinhadley]

Say i wanted to add a second lamp into an existing room that already has a central pendant on a one gang one way. Can you take the com from the pendant down to a new switch and back up to the new second lamp Its an old house and the room is getting a partition wall and two new led batons fitted,one replacing the pendant and the second in the partitioned area.

[@stephane_massey]

@GSH Electrical. This is pretty close to my problem i'm trying solve. I want to remove the 2 physical switches that control 2 lights and have them on. Then I will add 2 wireless switches that are controlled by my Hue bridge, But i've removed 1 switch and now they don't switch on. So i'm learning how to remove both switches and wire the lights on. I know the Question and trying to ask. So its a start.

[@codenamefez]

Any chance of a video showing the most efficient or best practice way of wiring up 2 lights with 2 x 2way switching? 2 x lights (1 up, 1 down) 2 x 2 gang 2way switches (1 up, 1 down) both being able to switch both lights? Love the videos, very informative and easy to follow for a visual learner.

[@GSHElectrical]

Wiring Diagram Using a 2 Gang Switch Downstairs Upstairs 2 Way Switched Using 3 Plate Wiring Method kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZofRk6epiLWWpdk

[@GSHElectrical]

Not all the videos are public but can be viewed via this playlist 👍🏻 Wiring Diagrams for Lighting and Motor Circuits kzbin.info/aero/PL2Ea5r9gxUUfm4SACOSOZigCeSxxC5xaO

[@codenamefez]

@@GSHElectrical Thats great, thankyou so much. Keep up the good work :)

[@deborahskeete]

I am really interested in the wiring for 2-Gang on spot lights

[@hasankhan-ey5oz]

Nice information

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@ColinRichardson]

There is a company called "Trendi", they have a 2 gang which has a intermediate and a 2 way. I think they have a few 3 gang and 4 gang which have intermediate scattered in their catalog also. Though, their design choice is polerising (?) but I gotta admit their ability to fit a 4 gang on a single plate is quite impressive.

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks for that great update Colin 👍

[@trikkfn4435]

quick question does it matter what terminals in the loop you put the wires in

[@constantincatalinmelinte327]

Can I take a cable from the kitchen light to use it for outside light?

[@GSHElectrical]

Yes

[@callumsimpson7483]

I prefer to put the cables in the right hand side of the ceiling rose on the loop and neutral when going to a different room. Much easier for identifying a incoming tail and outgoing

[@sandyfleming9490]

Would this be same if i wanted to put a light in the loft controlled by master bedroom?

[@roberthutchings5824]

Is there a video showing a 2 gang switch powering 2 different sets of downlights using 2 plate method?

[@Registered55]

Trying to install a smart switch no neutral design (UK) on a double switch, kitchen and dining room, but haven't been successful, would love to know how to do?

[@syedmaqureshi5590]

Excellent

[@colindavies6504]

Hi, great video. Could this wiring be used for lights that are in the same room rather than different rooms? I am wanting to put in 8 spotlights in my living room on dimmers that are controlled by a 2 gang switch (4x spotlights each switch).

[@cbx1410]

What if I have a 1gang switch at the bottom of the staircase and another 1gang at the top and two lights (again top and bottom) and would like to change them to two gang switches so that I can switch both lights separately? Do I need to run a new wire?

[@JasperJanssen]

Yes, that needs a bunch of new wires. (Well, 2, actually. Both running between the two switches. Definitely the easiest routing to do that. Conceptually, one three+earth cable is going from its primary switch to the secondary switch at the other location, and the other is the same cable but traveling in the other direction for the other light.)

[@kelleyshropshire4170]

We have 1 single switch that operates 2 lights in one room, would a 2 gang switch work them independently?

[@ABDULRAUF-pw6rp]

can you take power from the first switch to connect to the second light

[@GSHElectrical]

Wiring Diagram Adding a Light But WHY Use 3 Core and CPC Cable Connections Explained kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJKWlGtued11a9k

[@GSHElectrical]

One of many options 👍🏻

[@36njb]

Is it possible to use the two plate method to wire a two gang switch? Or is there a good reason you only show the 3 plate method for 2 gang switches?

[@iainfergusson6922]

how do I add in an extra double gang switch to an existing circuit. At the moment I have a switch in my kitchen that operates two seperate light systems (double gang). Having turned the door around it now obscures the double switch behind it so I want to add another double switch outside in the corridor (before entering kitchen) how do i do that? It has power coming into switch direct from consumer unit and then goes to the lights.

[@GlennPierce]

Can you just join the common terminals of the switch together and then you could get away with one three core and earth cable to the switch ?

[@matthewstevenson3002]

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[@ChildOfTheWilderness]

I have an issue with replacing a 2 gang dimmer switch with a 2 gang 2 way regular switch to control two different lights. All I have to connect to the switches are 1 blue, 1 yellow, 1 sleeved (must be switch live) & one red. I've struggled to get them to work without tripping the fuse box. It looks like the dimmer switch was connected using a bridging wire from one gang to the other, but as some of the wires came out when I removed it from the wall I don't know how they're supposed to be connected

[@usmanmohammad9759]

Amazing

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks. Gaz 👍🏻

[@ukcarrebuilds3277]

Great and easy to understand Video. I love your channel. I have a great question in regards of these two gang Wiring. I am planning to replace a two gang switch to a Smart switch that requires a neutral. Now in current configuration you would have four conductor at the switch. Two live ( from the same Circuit ) and two switch live ( to the two celling rose). If one of the live would be changed to a neutral at the loght fitting you would have a shared Live from the other light fittings to the two switched live. I assume with low power (LED lights) the shared live would be safe to use especially if it is connected to a 6amp mcb. What is your professional opinion?

[@livelongsmithy]

I have a 2 gang switch but have 6 red wires and 6 black and 6 earth. It's only to wire up a kitchen light and a outside light. Any ideas 💡

[@andysims4906]

If I was doing it I would link the live between the 2 switches and just use a single 1mm double insulated cable back to the second ceiling rose for the switch wire

[@no_short_circuit]

I Agree, but feed to switch every time for me.

[@nonstopkarting4870]

Hey GSH, your videos are really helpful, thank you. In particular the diagrams available for download, however, I have 2 questions. 1. What are the circles with three ports - diagrams from page 6 onwards - representative of, don't want to assume. And secondly, as a visual learner, do you have any links to similar diagrams for other circuits to work from? The diagrams are extremely helpful and very useful for my mentor/s to use with me, especially with the 2 gang 2 way which ive struggled to get my head around for a while now. Thank you!

[@MackyMuse]

Ever get an answer?

[@JasperJanssen]

Given how much those switches look like the same plastic - isn’t it possible to take an intermediate switch out of the 1-gang plate and insert it into the 2-gang plate? Or is that stuff too permanently riveted for that to be feasible? Edit: Oh, hang on. There is at least one reasonably priced manufacturer of 2gang double intermediate (and of course, if the other gang only needs to be 1 or 2 way, just leave 2 or 1 terminals empty). (Liever silk white)

[@awladali8149]

What is meant by 2 plate and 3 plate method?

[@abdi8819]

Thanks

[@sampennington3911]

Can you wire 2 gang switches with 2 plate method?

[@GSHElectrical]

Yes 👍🏻

[@sampennington3911]

@@GSHElectrical do you have a link To a video of this?

[@sampennington3911]

?

[@nosycatUK]

GangSter 😎

[@GSHElectrical]

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[@fredericksullivan7925]

My two gang switch also has "loop".

[@MTElectricals]

Goods

[@wired2thebrink]

i have a two separate lights in my kitchen with a two gang switch. how do i go about changing it to a single gang switch to control both lights?

[@CeboThwala-y4u]

GangSter😅❤

[@rammuttarooa7009]

Two switches on oone cable for two bulbs

[@davidwoodcock139]

My two way switch is slightly different

[@nutloaf]

12:28 Thats the hairiest light bulb I've ever seen.

[@GSHElectrical]

Good point 🤣🤣

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[@Commander_Chief]

Not explained well compared to other videos on youtube

[@HISHAM95x]

I have I have a 2 gang 1 way switch for downstairs hallway & bathroom. I have installed a Trendi style switch but i now have the rocker switches in opposite ends when bathroom and hallway lights are on. How do i resolve this please? it is so frustrating :(

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