Many people makes a mistake by calling a 3 Gang Switch with 3 Way Switch. For a person not familiar with the electrical terms, it is forgivable. The name does seems very appropriate if you look at the switch. It has 3 switches lined up side by side and naturally many people will call them 3 way switch. The problem is so common that many have ended up buying the wrong kind of switches. The fact is these switches looks and works very differently. The most distinct difference is a 3 gang Switch HAS 3 individual switches lined up side [...] Read more »
The Advantage Of Using A 2 Way Switch
A two way switch as the name suggests, works both ways. As mentioned in my previous article, two way switches works in pairs. You have to have two, two way switches to make it work the way it is meant to work. Lets imagine the stairway or our house. When we retire for the night, and make our way to the bedroom at the upper floor, we normally will switch off the stairway lights to save on a little bit of electricity. If we have a normal switch at the bottom of the stairway, we will not be able to [...] Read more »
Switch, 2 way switch, 3 way switch.
Different types of switches are recommended for different type of living environment. Switches comes in different styles, colors and looks. It not only serves as a gadget to switch on the lights, it must also serve as an adornment for the whole surrounding. The most common type is the single pole switch which we see in our homes. Single pole switches can be bundled to together into 2, 3 or 4 switches within one enclosure. Those with 2 switches bundled together are called 2 gang switch. Those with 3 lined together is called a 3 gang switch. Other than multiple [...] Read more »
