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Dannydm1

Hi, I'm currently updating some light switches, I all one gang switches, two of which are two way, and the third is a one way switch.

i have purchased some one gang intermediate switches, am I ok using these? As they are different to the switches I have at present..... The ones I have now have a com and l1 + l2

the new switches have l1, l2, l3 & l4
 
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Just ignore L4, intermediate as far as i understand it is normally used for 3 switches controling one Light bank.
So L1 say Linked to L3 while L2 is Linked to L4, then you switch it, then it becomes L1 to L4 and L2 to L3

In Electronics a Kind of FLIP FLOP Switching.

So L1 L2 as normal and use L3 as the Common and Ignore L4

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Great, that's done the trick on the 2 way switches. Any advice in the one way switch, which just has a wire going into l1 and a common wire? Where should they be in the intermediate switch? Thanks
 
common L1, SW L2.
 

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