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hi there im installing hue bulbs around my house and want to remove the traditional light switches and just join the cables so the light fixture it self is permanently on and just have blanking plates on. what would i use to join the cables that is safe to do so.The lights will be controlled by voice phones and remotes.

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Thanks guys and i want them not to be turned off as these lights will also be controlled via motion sensor at night and if there switched off at the wall by someone the motion sensors would useless. i could install some z wave dimmer switches behind the switch it self to automatically turn back on but these are around £50 per switch seems cheaper to just remove the switch for a couple of quid per switch
 
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I think Pete999 has provided the simplest, cheapest and safest solution; one two port push in wire connector joining line and switched line. A blank plate placed over the removed switch.
 
One benefit of keeping switching, is that if you turn the power off to the lamps, when the power switches back on, the Hue lamps, revert to full power and if colour, they revert to white.

Why you want to remove the switches is beyond me and also I'm not totally sure that you could have motion sensors as well!
 

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