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I recently bought a TCP wifi switch and tried to install it my self.
Behind my room light switch i have 2 red and 1 one black wire.
I tried putting one red in lin, one red in load 1 and black in N but unable to switch the switch on.

i have tried every possible combination the wire might go but unable to switch it on.
I tried plugging 2 red together in Lin and Black in N, the light stayed on but the blue light on switch didnt come on.

please can anyone assist me on which wire goes where as none of the electricians i know arent willing to help.
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If this 1W switch is wired conventionally, replacing the T&E cable between the light rose and the switch with 3&E will enable you to feed the neutral to the switch.
You might also have a problem with the depth of that back box. Might be wrong, but it looks like 16mm, rather than 25 or 35mm deep.
 
If this 1W switch is wired conventionally, replacing the T&E cable between the light rose and the switch with 3&E will enable you to feed the neutral to the switch.
You might also have a problem with the depth of that back box. Might be wrong, but it looks like 16mm, rather than 25 or 35mm deep.
Yes i hav it at 35mm now but it seems now the wires are the issue i never thought of
 
The blue wire to the right of your pic (which should have a brown sleeve on it!) is part of the cable which should be the other end of the one in the switch.
Replace this with 3&E, using the grey (with short blue sleeves at each end) for the neutral, the brown replacing the existing brown, and the black (with a short brown sleeve at each end) to replace the existing blue.
 

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