Trying to install TCP wifi switch.

[Zaraktoheed94]

the old switch is 2 way, so there's another switch for the light elsewhere. to make it work properly would require some re wiring of the switches to lights. if you get the switch working with existing wiring config. thast's a bonus, but you'll never get the switch illumination without providing a neutral at the switch.

Thanks for your assistance.
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The WiFi switch requires a neutral to power its internal electronics. The black wire at your original switch appears to be a 2-way strapper, not a neutral, therefore the switch cannot work with your existing wiring as it is. Whether it can be rejigged without chasing out your walls to add a cable, or whether you will have to replace the switch with a type that does not require a neutral and possibly add a dummy load to power it, will depend on exactly how the cables have been run and what lights it feeds.

In any event, I would advise against trying random combinations of wires when you don't know what is going on. Product damage and personal injury can result, also fireballs and other unspecified apocalypses.

Thanks, ill consult with an electrician and what they can do.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Out of curiosity, did your original switch have an earth cable?

Did it have an earth??

 

[Rickster665]

Did it have an earth??

Mine does but was not in use with the original

 

[Rickster665]

Mine does but was not in use with the original

 

[brianmoooore]

Mine does but was not in use with the original

It most definitely is in use. It is earthing the back box and the fixing screws.
If you're trying to do the same thing as the OP, you have the same problem - no neutral.

 

[Rickster665]

It most definitely is in use. It is earthing the back box and the fixing screws.
If you're trying to do the same thing as the OP, you have the same problem - no neutral.

Yes sorry poor choice of words
I assume this kind of switch is not suitable without a rewire

 

[brianmoooore]

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.

 

[Rickster665]

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

 

[Rickster665]

How would i go about putting that other N in

 

[Taylortwocities]

It’s quite crowded but it is possible to get two conductors in to one terminal on the N block.