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Two-Way Switch Lighting Circuit

Type Circuit schematicStandard IEEE Std 315 / ANSI Y32.2Engine schematex-circuitUpdated 7/2/2026
Two-Way Switch Lighting Circuit
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The request

“Two-way lighting on 230 V AC: one lamp switched from both ends of a hallway by two SPDT switches joined by two strappers.”

Then tryAdd a third switch in the middle as an intermediateLabel the live, neutral and strapper wires
What is in this drawing

Read the decisions behind it.

01

Use SPDT switches with common, normally open, and normally closed terminals

02

Connect traveler wires between the switches' non-common terminals

03

Place the lamp in series between the second switch's common and neutral

Ideal for staircase lighting, hallway controls, or any room with two entrances where a single light fixture must be switched from either side.

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