Yes, it makes sense, thanks.
Intermediate Switch(es) Required?
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Yes, it makes sense, thanks.
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It's part of this range:
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_In..._Steel/index.html#Varilight_Grid_Plates_Steel
But other makes and other suppliers are available.
I only picked it to show what a wide 3-gang looks like, and I went to the TLC site because I know they have good photographs.
AFAIK most grid systems use their own modules, although I'd not be surprised if a maker chose to be compatible with MK or Crabtree. Also, I believe the Scolmore Minigrid modules do only fit their faceplates, and vice-versa, as they don't use a yoke system - the modules clip directly into the faceplates.
I have found this behind the two switches (1-gang intermediate on the left, 2-gang 2-way on the right) and I reckon this means there is a single safe zone going vertically upwards from the right-hand-side switch.
...and...
The wires appear to 'jump' across to the intermediate switch through the back box.
The earth wires that can be seen in the left-hand back box aren't connected to the front of the switch, but into the bottom-right corner of the back box. Is that how it's supposed to be?
The earth wire you can see in the right-hand back box obviously does connect to the front of the right-hand switch.
If I am to swap out these two switches for a single 3-gang, would I connect a single earth wire to the front of the switch, in the terminal provided, and then terminate all others in a chocolate box, or cram them all into the one terminal?
I'd add that the stainless steel Click Deco switch I've got looks much better than the one on the wall being used as an intermediate - it's got a radial pattern in the metal as opposed to up-down lines... so it might be another style from the same range, as opposed to stainless steel.
...and...
The wires appear to 'jump' across to the intermediate switch through the back box.
The earth wires that can be seen in the left-hand back box aren't connected to the front of the switch, but into the bottom-right corner of the back box. Is that how it's supposed to be?
The earth wire you can see in the right-hand back box obviously does connect to the front of the right-hand switch.
If I am to swap out these two switches for a single 3-gang, would I connect a single earth wire to the front of the switch, in the terminal provided, and then terminate all others in a chocolate box, or cram them all into the one terminal?
I'd add that the stainless steel Click Deco switch I've got looks much better than the one on the wall being used as an intermediate - it's got a radial pattern in the metal as opposed to up-down lines... so it might be another style from the same range, as opposed to stainless steel.
Yes, it looks as if that is the case - so, in that sense, you are lucky. However, there are an awful lot of cables/conductors there, and I think you might struggle to cope with them all within one, single-width, back box.
Kind Regards, John
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Got there in the end, took a while... thanks for all the help from here, it was appreciated.
Let's see inside the switch then...
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