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  1. S

    installing smart switches - upstairs/downstairs

    Ok guys, first post so be gentle. I have a standard setup of two two way switches, one at the bottom of the stairs and one at the top so the light that they feed can be switched on/off from either switch. What I want to do is replace these switches with smart switches. I have installed one...
  2. Sdcannon71

    Have any of you guys installed or worked with wireless light switches?

    This is in regards to wireless light switches i posted to two other forums. Surely someone here has some experience with the switches that is willing to share. So here is the meat. I have no experience with these switches but I am considering one for the purpose of adding a switch where running...
  3. M

    Help connecting three way switches

    There is two hot wires one in each box. What is the proper way to connect the four wires to the switch In each box?
  4. P

    UK Plastic chrome light switches

    Carried out an EICR where the lightning circuit is not earthed but like normal the customer has fitted metal chrome light switches. The lights have the bit of 1.5 G&Y from the CU but don't go down to the switches. Does anyone know of a manufacturer that makes plastic switches that have a painted...
  5. M

    Changing light switches

    What electrical qualifications would one need to swap electrical switches in a rental property. I know it's obviously not notifyable thanks.
  6. E

    Best brand for matte black switches

    Hi all, looking for some matte black accessories for a second fix, can’t seem to find any that make a 1 gang intermediate switch or rj45 data front, any help is appreciated TIA.
  7. R

    Wireless Switches - whats possible in this scenario?

    Just need some advice on this one - i wont be doing the work myself - but wanted to understand what could be done in my situation without chasing walls etc in. I am no electrician and never do any work on electrics and sorry for any terminology that might be incorrect below :) Moved into new...
  8. S

    How to swap grid switches

    Hi all, After a bit of diy advice….(I’m in the UK) I’m trying to replace some grid switches for the washing machine from white to steel ones, and the wiring in the back of the white ones is L2 N2 at the top and L1 N1 at the bottom. Whereas the new ones only have COM at the top of the switch...
  9. M

    One touch light switches

    Looking for some advice on one touch switches to for a 2 way circuit. Client is very particular and doesn't like it when switches forming 2 way or intermediate circuits enivitably end up in the wrong position. So I'm looking for switches that simply push on and then push off, similar to a...
  10. LauHir

    Current leaking through some On/Off switches?

    Hey! I bought a few simple on/off switches that you plug into a socket, and they have a single output which is either on or off depending on a toggle on the switch. It's AC current. However, as I put a LED onto one of them, I noticed it was dimly lit even after the switch was set to off...
  11. S

    Replaced light switches not working

    I'm in the process of renovating my hallway and the downstairs has a single light controlled by 4 switches. I've been replacing each switch and testing after each one, however one of them I have changed and now it does not work to turn the light on or off. Other switches still work. All wires...
  12. S

    Two-way switches and strange wiring question

    Hey all, I'm trying to restore some switches in a house that's only nine years old in place of some terrible motion sensors. History is quite unknown, but considering the placement of some switches, it seems the developer is somewhat to blame for the peculiarity! All the wires behind where...
  13. H

    Key test switches on ceiling

    Can I put a key switch on the ceiling for the non maintained emergency light illuninare. This is so that they are no wire trunking showing on the wall.
  14. Michaelwgroves

    8 gangs of 2 way light switches - wiring

    If you were wiring 8 gangs of 2 way light switches. Would you wire 8 independent circuits, so 8 no. 3 core between switches. Or would you run a live, and loop all the L1's together, then just run 8 no. 2 core between switches ?
  15. P

    Two Lutron RA2 Switches - both switched on, and RCD trips, either on and no problems

    Only a DIY'er here, usually safe and competent enough to fix straight forward problems, but this one has me stumped. I have two outside lighting circuits running through Lutron RA2 dimmers. Both go back to a Hager MTN106 RCD. All been working fine for over a year, but now the breaker keeps...
  16. J

    Two 3 way switches, 1 reg, too many "extra" wires and zero working kitchen lights. (Picture Inside)

    Hey guys. Embarrassed to say but I've been living here for almost 5 years now and I've never had my kitchen lights working properly. Can someone possibly help me with some advice to wire these in properly? The other day I switched out all my old plug in outlets and light switches for new...
  17. S

    Replacing two 3-way switches, one too many wires. What do i do?

    Hi, I'm trying to replace two 3- way switches but there are one too many wires. Can you help? Each has a red and black wire which I've connected to the bronze screws (as they were before). There's also a black wire that connects the black(common) screws on both switches. But then there's an...
  18. DaveLea

    No earth in metal light switches

    I recently had a look behind my light switches for the first time and have found that all of them have no earth. This includes some metal switches that were there when we moved in. We've had a couple changed to metal previously and it looks like the electricians have put in a metal back box and...
  19. W

    Unfinished basement stairs light switches

    Hi All, I am rewiring my basement, which includes the stairwell that leads from the main floor kitchen down to the basement. Here is an idea of the layout: From the main floor kitchen, I open a door to the basement stairwell. I take 3 steps down to a small landing. If I go right, I go down 5...
  20. J

    Main MCBs replacing incommer switches

    In this Youtube vid it shows an electrical CU on the French/Italian border. One comment says it was done to Italians ways. One comment say it is normal to have 30A supplies, as was this. They install 30A DP MCBs as the main incommer switch, so as not to blow the main fuse. Sounds a good idea...
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