Diagram Double Light Switch Wiring Common. See 4 way switch for how it is wired. To wire a double switch you ll need to cut the power remove the old switch then feed and connect the wires into the double switch fixture.
Though it is not difficult to wire a double switch careful attention to safety is crucial to prevent injury. In position 1 when the switch is down or on com and l1 are connected together just like the one way switch. After making sure the power is off you strip the black wire in the two conductor cable which also has a ground wire and make a pigtail with two 6 inch lengths of black wire salvaged from a spare piece of cable of the same wire gauge.
See 4 way switch for how it is wired.
The hot and neutral terminals on each fixture are spliced with a pigtail to the circuit wires which then continue on to the next light. Notice the black wire is the only wire that we are controlling through the 2 way switch. The other configuration uses a double pole double throw switch. To wire a double switch you ll need to cut the power remove the old switch then feed and connect the wires into the double switch fixture.
