Hi, i’ve been trying to buy a smart switch 1 gang 1 way but i opened my conventional wall switch and i only have 1 red wire(Live Old UK) 1 black wire(Neutral Old UK) and 1 Green/Yellow(Earth Old UK) but the smart switches have another wire the Load wire, now i’m confused how does this work?
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I am looking to convert a 2 way light into just control by single switch.
I have searched and looked for similar questions here, and found a perfect similar thread, even down to the reason for wanting to remove the switch due to using smart switches and automations.
The thread is here...
i intend to change my old switch with a new one. However i dont know how to connect them right. All wires are of the same color! Anyone can advise?
We are controlling the light from only 1 point.
Hi, this is my first post so excuse me if I don’t know the etiquette. I’m also not an electrician so may not know all the terminology. My issue is as follows: I am attempting to wire a backdoor outside light to an existing indoor porch switch. I have changed the switch to 2 gang and wired the...
Hi, I am new to the forum and just doing some updating of switch and socket face plates in my house. I studied Electrical Eng so ok with circuit theory and safety and have test equipment (non contact tester, multimeter, etc).
I have a room with two ceiling lights. These are controlled from two...
I have taken out ceiling fans and replaced with chandelier lights wired the same but switch will not work, the l (red) is jumped from L1-L1, and black wire I'm guessing is common, the live goes to first light where I have the three Red cables hooked together, the black from switch goes to brown...
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I have fitted a Siemens 2 gang 1 way dimmer switch the one with 4 square buttons , 2 amber and 2 blue status lights.
I wired the live and neutral wires from the main ceiling to Master 1 on the switch
My downlighters only had 1 live wire ( no neutral) which I wired to Master 2 on the...
From the consumer unit i've ran a 3-core cable to the light, and then from the light to the switch which is a 2 way switch, where does the live and neutral go into l1,l2, common terminals?
I know if the switch was 1st then the lives would go through common and L1 and the neutrals would go into...
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