2 way columbus press switch

[egginyourface]

Evening all,

I fitted 2 columbus press switches today to control 3 lights. I wired as it explained in the diagram and they worked fine. But I found that if you push the either of the switches to turn the lights on and press the other one whilst the lights are still on then it shuts the lights off?

Have i put the live feed i the wrong terminal or something

Hope you understand what i mean

 

[MDJ]

how did you wire it bud, it should just be a 2 core between switches, just parallel connections, no need to actually wire them as 2 way or intermediate, thay don't work like that.

 

[egginyourface]

ohhh!!!

i see what you mean, I wired them like a 2 way switch as there was three core linking te other switch.

thanks mdj

 

[MDJ]

yep thats the problem fella, just parallel connect the feeds one side off the switch and the switch wire the other, I guarentee it will work, I have done this many times on push button time switches.