I NEED to KNOW IS THERE A WAY TO CONNECT 2 WAY 2 GANG SWITCHES WITH FOUR WIRES?

Question

I am connecting the upstairs and downstairs lights to 2 switches again upstairs and downstairs and both switches are 2 gangs, however there are only four wires to connect both, is there any solutions???

Answer 1

Your question does't make sense

Answer 2

I am not sure about your discription but if your trying to set up a 3way system you will need the four wires. One is power,two are for lack of words lets call them relays and the forth is ground. If you did not mark the wire to what they were doing , then you will need to find out which one of the wire function and mark it.

Step One

Bring the power supply in to one of the switch boxes (one hot, and one neutral), on a #14/2-wire cable.

Step Two

Then, run a #14/3-wire to the other switch location.

Step Three

From the second switch, run a #14/2-wire up to the light box.

Step Four

In the first box, splice the neutral (white) wire from the power supply to the white wire in the 3-wire cable going to the other switch.

Step Five

Attach the hot (black) wire to the common s***w on the 3-way switch.

Step Six

The red and the black conductor from the #14/3 cable will be called the “travellers”, and will hook up to the two remaining screws on the switch.

Step Seven

At the other switch location, you will hook the white wire from the #14/3 to the white wire going up to the light.

Step Eight

The “travellers” (black and red) from the #14/3 will connect to the same screws as on the other 3-way switch, and the black wire going to the light will tie on to the “common” s***w.

hope this answers your question.

Answer 3

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