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Hi all. I have successfully replaced many light switches in my time but I've just had a senior moment with my latest replacement and left myself befuddled o_O I wasn't paying enough attention to the old switch and started swapping over wires to the same marked terminals on the new switch. It...

Is it possible to use a 2 gang,2 way as an 2 switch intermediate ? I am looking to change all the switches in the house and I can't find a 2 switch intermediate in the range I am looking at. And I notice that 2 switch intermediates seems to be very rare. Assume there is a different approach to...

My granddad wants a 70W HPS lamp fitted under a big tree in his garden and so I have gone ahead and order the required parts. The key parts being a TimeGuard NTT01 24hr immersion timer, a Photocell, and of course the 70W HPS light fixture. Wired like so: Fused Spur > Timer > Photocell > HPS...

One of family members lives in a council flat, and in the bathroom there is a extractor fan what is always on, what has a pull cord to toggle between the low speed trickle and high speed modes. Now there is a unswitched fused spur in the corner of the bathroom wall labelled fan, what I assume...

All, I have an issue with my house and will require some candid advise on what to do, I have recently had issues with different electrical appliances / light bulb / bathroom wiring packing up. If you put 4 bulbs in different areas of the house, you can guarantee that 1 or 2 will blow off...

Hello Everyone. Im struggling to replace a switch in my flat with a dimmer; I'm hoping someone on here might be able to help. I currently have a double switch that controls both some roof lights and a 5amp lighting ring. The Lighting ring has a secondary switch on the other side of the room. I...