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We're replacing the light switches and plug sockets in our living room, the plug sockets were easy enough but I was looking for some guidance with the light switch. The old switch has 4 terminals (see photo) The new switch has 6 terminals + earth (see photo) I'm guessing the common wires go...

Hi all, I’m refurbing my kitchen and currently at the stage of an empty room with holes all over the walls I thought this would be a good opportunity to get my electrics all sorted before the units go in. Anyway, I want to add under cabinet LED that ideally will be powered from a switch...

Hi, I had an issue with a lighting circuit a few weeks ago, the detail of which I don’t think will help here. I thought the issue was fully sorted, but this week I noticed that certain combinations of lights are not working as expected. In terms of my knowledge/experience, I am confident to...

So was gluing some of those stone look PVC tiles to kitchen wall today. Thought I would do things properly and unscrewed the kitchen light switch to cut the hole out neat and have a professional look to things. So the tile sheets do look great around the light socket. However some wires came...

Hello, I want to change my light switch to a new one and discovered that the old switch has an L - N - L - N wiring, which I have not come across before (see photo). This is for a bathroom light that has only one switch, so not sure why this wiring was used. Can I use a simple two-way switch...

Hi, I’ve wired up a light in my garage however it will only stay on (the switches don’t do anything) I know somethings wrong but because it’s from an unswitched fuse I can’t find that specific diagram online. Terminated as per attached if anyone could please recommend how to fix - many thanks!

Hi - first time poster. We have a wood fired boiler stove that heats a tank of water and four radiators. (Charnwood country 8b) The grundfos pump is controlled by a thermostat on the HW tank - when the water in the tank is warm enough the pump sends water to the rads. The system works well but...

Hi all, I have a couple of spare 3 way smart switches. I have a single light switch in my shed and thought I might as well make it 'smart'! So I wondered if I can use my old 3 way smart switch... I've attached a picture of the wiring for the existing switch, a pic of the back of the smart 3-way...

Hi, I've got two lights on a 2 gang switch. One of which works fine, the other doesn't work at all. It seems the switch is working correctly - power into one side, which it bridged to the other, and both switch lives are actually live when switched on. In the dodgy fitting, I have 3 wires - 2...

I have a new 2-way smart switch to fit but need some advice over the wiring if anyone can help. The old switch has three inputs: Common, L1 and L2. The new one has P, L and a symbol as shown in the photo. Which wire goes where? Thanks in advance.

In a hallway where the lighting will usually be controlled by an IR occupancy sensor, I would like a 3-position switch. The switch will allow the lights to be controlled by the sensor, permanently on, or permanently off. As far as I can see the only solution is a "2-way & off" grid switch. Is...

Hello everybody I’ve come to change the switch in my old chestnut cottage and I have found more wires then I was expecting. This light switch only controls one light in the room and is the only light switch in the kitchen. Could anyone help me out to find out what all these wires are for...

Hi All, Just wondering if someone could help, I have a 3 gang light switch that I'm changing. One switch is for a outdoor light, one is for a internal light and one is for a dual switch light. (Landing light, so switch at the top of the stairs) It has the following connections at the rear...

Hi All, Some weeks ago one of our ceiling lights stopped working. It’s one of those where 3 switches operate it, in our main corridor. With a multimeter I tested the fixture which holds 3 Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs. The bulbs themselves are all fine (tested in a different room)...

I have a 2 gang 2 way switch for 2 lights (corridor light and bathroom light). COM1, LA1 and LA2 is for switch 1 (Bulb 1). COM2, LB1 and LB2 is for switch 2 (Bulb 2). Remark: Those yellow cable are yellow, so we don't know which is live wire. When the switches are on. The bulb 2 is on but the...

I am replacing the old switch to new switch (2 way 2 gang). The top one is the new switch. The bottom one is the old switch. L11 and L12 are no cable connected. I can't figure out where to put these wires properly on the new switch. Any all help will be greatly appreciated!! Thank you...

I have three switches controlling one set of of lights on the upstairs lighting - one each end, and one downstairs. We have been living here several months and never noticed a problem, but a few weeks ago, I noticed that the intermediate switch did not work when the downstairs switch was in up...

Hi, I'm looking to replace a 2-way light switch for a 2-way delay light switch. I have replaced one already for a pneumatic time delay switch, but the second switch I bought has different wiring which I'm unsure about. Can anyone advise on how to rewire it correctly?

Puzzled.. I am trying to replace an old 2 gang 1 way switch (see below how is wired) to a new 2 gang 1 way touch light switch (2nd picture), however I'm confused by the wires. Although a total novice, Im guessing the one were there is 2 res wres attached, is power and is being looped over to...

Hi, I have series of halogens in kitchen organised in 2 groups and fed to a single (1 way) dimmer light switch with two buttons (2 gang). Can I replace this with a 1 way 1 gang non dimmer? Only current one has worn out and I never use one set of lights without the other. Thanks