Complete Novice trying to install new 2 Gang Light Switch - please help!!!

[decolad69]

dont think you got the meaning of that post dingbat

dingbat ? is that a Glaswegian phrase ? baw bag ..........is more the Glezga patter , naw?

 

[onions1066]

chesire-suffolk 1 hour labour on job £40-£50 well done teletrix business must be umm good ?

What does that mean?

 

[telectrix]

he meant that i'd travel all the way to suffolk and back to do a 1 hour job for £40. he was joking.

 

[Chrisl]

I really didnt think I would cause all this, I am sorry I just wanted some help for fitting a light switch. i think some people have not read fully what I said, I havent removed anything, all wires are still hooked up to the original switch, I just unscrewed the switch and had a look at the wiring configuration, nothing else! All I am trying to do is put in a 2 way switch for 2 independent lights, the new swticth is slightly different than the last!

 

[onions1066]

Sorry lost on me I thought he was saying that was expensive

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I really didnt think I would cause all this, I am sorry I just wanted some help for fitting a light switch. i think some people have not read fully what I said, I havent removed anything, all wires are still hooked up to the original switch, I just unscrewed the switch and had a look at the wiring configuration, nothing else! All I am trying to do is put in a 2 way switch for 2 independent lights, the new swticth is slightly different than the last!

if you post a picture you are more likely to get some help

 

[Plonker 3]

A picture can speak a thousand words.

 

[telectrix]

I really didnt think I would cause all this, I am sorry I just wanted some help for fitting a light switch. i think some people have not read fully what I said, I havent removed anything, all wires are still hooked up to the original switch, I just unscrewed the switch and had a look at the wiring configuration, nothing else! All I am trying to do is put in a 2 way switch for 2 independent lights, the new swticth is slightly different than the last!

that makes it a bit clearer, but without a photo, we'd still be guessing. what i can say is that all the wires actually terminated in the switch will be either lives or switched lives. none will be neutrals. each switch will have terminals C, L1,L2. irrespective of how they are laid out physically, you need to fit each in the same as it is in the ols switch, one terminal at a time. however, some installations, installed in 60's and 70's were installed without cpc's ( earths ) on the lighting. if this is the case, you can't fit metal faceplates. if you do have cpc's, then the faceplate must be earthed rather than the cpc's being terminated in the back boxes. i do strongly suggest getting an electrician in to verify that it's safe to fit these new switches and that the wiring is fit for continued use.

 

[Plonker 3]

Also I do not think any qualified spark would let a first day apprentice carry out this task, so I think it will be difficult to get a explanation here when you have no one to supervise you like they would.

 

[glasgospark]

lol
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[telectrix]

A picture can speak a thousand words.

he's only got 4 posts. think you need 6 to be able to asdd a pic.