light switch

Hi There. Once again I find myself replacing another 1 gang, 2 way switch. Could someone please advise me how I connect the wires in a new style MK light switch. I've attached pictures of the old switch (and a schematic with the wires numbered) and the new MK switch. Many thanks. Richard

Wanted to move existing light switch out of way of a sliding door reusing existing front with new box and blanking plate on old switch. Easy peasy? Not. House new build 2017 and the 2 gang switch controls 2 separate kitchen lights. There are 12 wires in the switch coming from 2 separate cables...

Good day to all I'm separating a room with a stud wall and the new room needs light. What's the easiest route to run from? Ceiling rose light or a pull switch in the room? I did similar in the attic over 10 years ago but forgot what I did. If anyone knows of any diagrams I could follow I'd be...

I currently have a light switch as shown in attached image. There are 2 switches used to turn on two diferrnet light bulbs. We plan to disconnect one of the bulb completely as we are building a partition wall and will need to ha e a separate witch for it. So back to the switch in the photo...

Hi Please help me as I've left myself with no bathroom light. I had a pull cord with a COM and L1 (both red wires) plus an earth. The PIR has Red, Blue and Brown plus a wire clamp. How do I wire this up? The way I thought was wrong and the light just flashed constantly.

HI, I have a wall light in the living room with a integrated switch. Think of something like a lamp to give you idea. It is connected to a 3 core (live neutral earth). The cable is fed to the wall light through a conduit which i can see when i pull the floorboard in the floor above. I'm...

Hi all Please see the pictures below Scratching my head at this one. Trying to swap old swich for a newer chrome one. I have no idea as the old one is completly different to new one. Thanks In the images - The wires connected into the switch is the old light switch The ones without is...

I’ve just moved in and the lounge has two light fixtures, and a two gang light switch by the door, this is the only light switch for the room. It had been wired so the rockers were “rocked” the opposite way to each other when both lights switched on, which annoyed me, so I unscrewed the light...

Hi all, forgive me for asking what's probably a very silly question but I'm going to replace a light switch and just wanted to learn what each wire was doing first. The switch is powering a single ceiling lamp. I thought I'd better take a photo of its current set up, and copy that exactly with...

Hello, we have removed wall light from the room, leaving a double light switch with one switch obsolete. I'm confident in changing switches and sockets but I just wanted some advice to make sure im on the right track with this one. I propose simply wiring the live (L1) and common (C1) to the...

How would I go about adding new light fixtures and a switch to a new conservatory? I am planning to put 2No. wall mounted lights onto the back wall of the conservatory and the switch on the same wall. I am not sure however, how the wiring works for this. I have a light fixture and switch in...

Hi, DIYer here, hoping to DIY this. I'm swapping out a two gang light switch. The original switch is two independent switches with their own common and switched lives. No neutrals anywhere. The replacement has only a single COM connector. My understanding is I need to splice the two lives...

Hi All. I need help with one old switch. This is a two-gang switch. Among these two switches, one is a 2-way light switch. Wiring is making me confuse. I have attached pictures of old and new. Can you please tell me exact mapping from old to new. Thank you for time. Regards

Good day everyone, I am hoping someone can help me with the wiring for a smart switch I recently purchased. The current switch has 2 wires coming into L (switch 1 and switch 3) and then bridged across the 3 switches. The COM on each switch has a separate wire coming into it. I have attached a...

Hi all, I'm looking at replacing all (or most) of my home light switches with smart light switches. I wanted to start with my front driveway lights which is a 2 gang (1 way) light switch. I opened up the panel and was surprised with the amount of wiring! I have taken a photo of the wiring and...

Hi all, Recently moved into a newish build house (14 years) and doing some decorating. The current switches for the bathroom are on the outside and it has 4 "boxes" one is a fuse, one is for the lights, one for the fan and the other has a small slit in it (no idea what that one is for). I...

Hi folks, I am wanting to replace an old dimmer with a standard 1 gang 2-way light switch but I'm struggling with the wiring up. The old dimmer has 2 red wires and one black. These and wired up as: 'Load' (one of reds) L1 (black wire) and L2 (the other red) Whereas the new switch has L1...

I recently had new doors put in, and I wanted one door to open the opposite side to make the room look bigger. Unfortunately this obviously means that I now have a light switch that is behind the door when I open it. I would like to move the light switch to the other side of the door but I...

Hi I want to replace a double-dimmer switch with a normal double switch and was hoping it would be simple. But no... So would like to call on the Screwfix hive mind. The new switch has L1, L2 and Common terminals. The existing dimmer has L1, L2 and a sine-looking symbol (arrow with a wavy...

Hi all my ceiling light has suddenly stopped working it is controlled by 2 switches 1 downstairs (dimmer switch) 2gang however the downstairs light is still working that is controlled by the same switch 2nd switch is a 3 gang and bother other lights on that switch are still working fine...