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    2 way 2 gang light switch problems

    Hi, I bought new chrome light switches to replace the plastic ones - one upstairs 2 gang and one downstairs 1 gang. The switches control the hall light, and the upstairs one also does the bathroom light. At the moment they aren't linked i.e you can't turn the hall light off upstairs if you...
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    wiring a 2 gang dimmer switch.

    Hi there was wondering if anyone can help? I recently got my kitchen done including 8 led lights in suspended ceiling. The light switch is outside door in hall. It is the old brass plate style with 2 knob u can both press in and turn. Since getting the led lights fitted I decided to buy a new...
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    Wires passing through a 2 Gang Box

    Hello, can i check if this setup would be aloud in current regs? Are you aloud to pass wires through a back box providing they are within the 150mm zones Vertically & Horizontally? The back box will have a double socket attached. Thanks
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    1 way 2 gang switch operating two lights on dimmer, whole flat lighting loop.

    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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    2 gang switch 2 lights in kitchen

    Hoping someone can help explain the wiring on my switch in the kitchen. I have just replaced a metal 2 gang switch in the kitchen/diner to a plastic white one and all is working fine, I just wanted to understand how the circuit works. One switch operates the light fitting at one end of the...
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    Siemens 2 gang 1 way dimmer switch

    Hi There, 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...
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    Separating 2 gang light switch into 2x 1 gang

    Hello I currently have a 2 gang light switch, but due to the style of light switches we plan to replace it with, I need to separate it into 2 individual switches. My concern is that the wiring going into the current back box will not be long enough to connect to a second switch off to the...
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    2 gang light switch with timers for LED lights

    Pretty much as the title says. I installed a couple of LED downlights in a porch in place of one traditional bulb today and the clients 20 ish year old timer didn't like the LED's lights and instead of turning them off it "pulsed them" So I'm on the hunt for a replacement switch or a solution...
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    need to fit a touch remote dimmer switch (2 gang)

    Should this be straight forward enough? one of the controls, covers the hall and can be switched both upstairs and down, the other is for the bathroom! is this an easy job?
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    2 gang switch/dimmer problem. Help plz

    I don't know if I'm going mental or just having a bad day but I just couldn't figure this out today... Went to a house today where a guy had a 2 gang dimmer switch each switch turned on a separate wall light. One works ok but the other keeps blowing straight away and tripping the mcb. Had a...
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    2 gang fused switches on the 1 face plate?

    Hi all do you get such a thing as 2 gang fused switches on the 1 face plate? 2 gang lightswitch is being run off a socket circuit
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    2 gang switch 1-rocker. 1-dimmer

    Is there a manufacturer that produces a 2 gang switch that consists of a rocker and a dimmer or will the only option be grids? Needs to fit a 1 gang ko
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    MK Savoy Polished Brass Euro 2 gang Euro face plate. Part No: K184 PBS

    Hi, I'm trying to source 2 of the above face plates. They are discontinued items from MK. I have tried all the local wholesellers without any luck. I have searched Google but all the pages are out of date and Ebay items shown have mistakes in the descriptions and are not the correct part...
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    Old Tenby 2 way 2 gang light switch terminals not labelled

    Replacing some old Tenby switches. The upstairs landing and hall are 2 way 2 gang with 6 terminals. The switch has the old thin switches with arched top and they aren't labelled on the back. It looks like COM L1 L2 on each side. Anyone have much experience with this type of switch?
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    2 Gang Dimmer method

    Right, as I'm a bit of a 2-gang dimmer myself at the moment, I thought I'd post this here to help get my head around it. I've come across a 2-gang dimmer (push on/off) which replaced a standard 2-gang switch, one switch controlling hall lights (circuit 1 on the pic), the other controlling...
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    2 gang dimmer

    The problem i am facing is mainly safety related. I have 2 rooms working off one 2 gang standard light fitting.I want to install a 2 gang dimmer. Ok so i removed existing front plate off light fitting. 2 earth leads correctly attached to backplate.all four wires are brown with 2 going to each...
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    2 gang fused socket

    Is there any such animal on the market as a 2 gang fused socket?
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    2 Gang 2 Way Help

    Hi Lads, Just joined also doing a BTEC Diploma in Elec Install, I think I need it. Need to wire two MK light switches a downstairs 2 Gang 2 Way light switch to a 1 Gang 2 Way light switch upstairs. Just 2 switch cables and a linking cable. 1 light upstairs 1 light downstairs.
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    2 Gang 2 way to 1 Gang 2 way

    Hello all. I'm new here but after a bit of advice. Currently in my kitchen, I have a 2 gang 2 way switch near the back door and another 1 near the dining room controlling both controlling 2 seperate lights. What I want to do is change each switch to 1 gang 2 way so that both lights come on...
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    2 gang switch live when dead

    Recently opened a 2 gang switch on a landing. Had knocked out the breaker for the lights on the landing. Waved my volt stick in there and the other gang was still live as it supplied the next stairs up off a different circuit. Is this acceptable in the regs ? It seems to be a bit dangerous...

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