TWO WAY SWITCHING WITH POWER AT THE SWITCH

[@costanikolopoulos3852]

Just watched all your videos as a first year this was extremely helpful would be great to see you posting more

[@yourdisban5247]

hope you’re 3rd years going well my guy

[@andy0ne310]

Content is solid. It’s difficult to get good explainers for electrical.

[@allelectricalau]

Thank you 👍 I got confused when i started and people over explaining it so i try to make it easier.

[@judoslap59]

More videos please mate they're very helpful for my apprenticeship

[@rosswright-o4w]

Well explained :) Can a two way switch work if the wire to the light originates at the first switch (active in) or must the wire to the light originate at the 2nd switch in the series? If you can what is the wiring configuration in that situation. Thank you.

[@NickKamin]

Great vids. Any chance of showing how to wire an isolation switch for a GPO?

[@SK-yw6ty]

thanks for the good quality video !

[@swaggysp5900]

Hey mate you’re videos are the best I’ve ever seen there’s no Australian anything here!! You’re the man! Can you do one on sensors with live in/out with why! With wiring diagram with light switch included! Aswell as obviously the light and sensor

[@allelectricalau]

Thanks mate appreciate it 👍 🙏

[@SheikhMohammadZakaria]

Wonderful Explain I from Bangladesh

[@kadestarrett9108]

great stuff mate coming from an apprentice. Would love to pick your brain. Keep it up.

[@rxs87]

if you have a house that has a two way switch and one switch has a neutral cable on switch 1 but not switch 2 and you convert switch 1 to a smart switch and instead of closing the loop on switch 2, could that number 2 wire connect to the neutral on switch 1 so it could then become a smart switch also?

[@Skipzilla01]

I got 3 bayonets that are daisy chained and it goes from 3x3 core, 2x3 core then 1x 3 core but theres a 2 core in the 3 and 2 and I can figure out why. They all work from a single switch. What are there the 2 cores doing?

[@patconnaughton2027]

from Main to switch to switch is Two Core and Earth Cable Live Neutral and Earth. And twin active connect 2 switches together, there are 2 set of cables here am i correct?

[@allelectricalau]

Will be a A+N+E to each switch but the two way switchings second switch the hard active will go in a connector with another active that goes to the next switch somehwere in the house. The switch where the common terminal is being used to switch the lights thats where the hard active would be joined in a connector.

[@DAN-fq5bm]

Thanks for the wiring diagram and explanation. I was a bit confused about how it's done in Australia. But it seems we have to run two cables from switch to switch is that correct? It seems an expensive way to do it...? Can we just run a single 5 core cable (maybe a three phase cable? Red, white, blue, neutral and earth or that's just not the way it's done?) Wouldn't it be more cost effective to just run a single cable between 2 way light switches then just loop feed to another switch using a twin and earth. Would really appreciate your feedback.

[@AnimeAthletics]

for the second switch, is the active coming out of switch 2 to the light a sdi? thanks mate

[@allelectricalau]

No mate it's a Red Black and Earth. Also called a 2core and earth 1.5mm or 1mm gauage.

[@AnimeAthletics]

@@allelectricalau oh ok so is that a hardactive ? I'm getting into some domestic on Monday so thanks for the video :)

[@allelectricalau]

@@AnimeAthletics no its getting switched through switch 2 so its a switched active

[@haivt508]

Great Video

[@mattsmith2143]

Can the constant active come from the other end?

[@allelectricalau]

It can aslong as one switch has the switch wire in the common going up to the light and the other switch has the hard active in the common.

[@plakey2001]

C'mon man, make more videos please. Too much US stuff on KZbin

[@sharifsoliman2497]

Would like to see 3 way switch in Aussie context

[@zoltrix7779]

Its exactly the same, there is simply a special "intermediate" switch mechanism on the twin active strap wire that performs a cross over when using the switch.

[@Richard-m5t]

thankyou!

[@timallen5812]

Brilliant

[@alexrobertson232]

Thanks heaps.

[@allelectricalau]

Your welcome please like and subscribe if you would like to show your support 😄

[@nareshjithakor5174]

Nice 👌

[@c4az57b]

So if there is only one light in this circuit, the ANE can stop at switch 1?

[@allelectricalau]

If your not trying to achieve a two way circuit yes. But power may still loop at the switch and continue to others within the house.

[@c4az57b]

@@allelectricalau ok thanks. I think my next question has been answered below but to confirm my understanding of the diagram relating to switch 2 is that the active and the common are joined together in the one terminal?

[@allelectricalau]

@@c4az57b No out of the common of switch two goes to the light active. The active that comes from switch one to switch two goes into a connector because that might join with another red active that supplys the next switch in the next room ect.

[@patconnaughton2027]

can you explain for 3 way switch?

[@allelectricalau]

Thanks for watching! Video in the works for this! But basically there is a intermediate switch that goes in the middle between those existing switches.

[@alexx17593]

How do you know if it’s looped at the light or at the switch in an existing home.

[@allelectricalau]

Pull a few light switches off and check. If you have a earth at the switch there is a very good chance its looped at the switch. If you have old switches on your architraves around your doors then chances are its looped at the light.

[@pappas1000]

What if you have your active and the feed to the light at the same switch?

[@allelectricalau]

Need to run a twin active and SDI to the new switch from the existing switch. No need to touch the light.

[@watahead91]

i have no idea about 2 way switching ffs

[@Richard-m5t]

thankyou!