1 gang plastic switch, earth wire?

[SalmanHamid]

Hi all
Apologies if it is a stupid question and have been discussed here before.

Generally I always hire a professional but since in current situation I need to replace of the switch in one of rooms. Situation is:


Current Scenario:

Plastic back box
Metal switch

Earth wire terminates in the back of metal on/off switch

New scenario:

Plastic back box

And plastic smart switch(lightwave) no way to terminate the earth wire in the switch.

What to do with earth wire??

Many thanks for your advises in advance.

 

[James]

Often plastic back boxes have a terminal for the earth wire.

If not, just terminate the cable end into a connector block or wago terminal.

Don’t leave it floating around unterminated or cut it off.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Simple , just sleeve it green yellow sleeve and coil it up in the back of the box (don’t cut it short)

 

[telectrix]

Simple , just sleeve it green yellow sleeve and coil it up in the back of the box (don’t cut it short)

stick a wago on the end to stop the sleeving falling off, and option to connect a fly lead if required in the future.

 

[SalmanHamid]

Thanks all!