3 to 2 Light switch

angusmaclellan · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:28 am Post Subject: 3 to 2 Light switch

Hi there,
I have just moved into my house and currently have a light switch with 3 switches in my living room. Only 2 of the switches are connected to lights though. Does anyone know where i can find a light switch the size of a 3 switch but with only 2 switches on it?
Kind regards

breezer · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:05 am Post Subject:

any electrical wholesaler, or diy place.

but do note which wire goes where before you change it

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Steve · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:55 pm Post Subject:

Isn't a 3-gang the same width as a 2-gang anyway?

breezer · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:18 pm Post Subject:

yes. presumably he gets fed up with people pressing the wrong swicth

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ELZ4742 · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:44 pm Post Subject:

grid switches will be your best bet, not sure if they do a 2 gang in a double sized plate but theres always the option of using a blanking grid switch.

Steve · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:53 pm Post Subject:

ELZ4742 wrote:

grid switches will be your best bet, not sure if they do a 2 gang in a double sized plate but theres always the option of using a blanking grid switch.

You dont get it. 3 gang and 2 gang are single-width accessories.

ELZ4742 · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:03 pm Post Subject:

my understanding was that it was a double plate with 3 switches on not a single plate with 3 on.

like this but with 3 obviusly

but he means this i presume

and just to show that i DO get it

Steve · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:11 pm Post Subject:

No need to get narky. I've never seen a double width 3 gang switch, except in grid, so i assumed they dont exist (unless someone comes on here and proves me wrong?) and whats the chances of him having grid switches?

ELZ4742 · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:14 pm Post Subject:

im not getting narky mate, just dont appreciate being patronised is all

RF Lighting · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:23 pm Post Subject:

I just stretched a pic of a normal 3G

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Steve · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:24 pm Post Subject:

"MK presents their new range of accessibility products"

securespark · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:07 pm Post Subject:

Trouble is, they're 4'wide and 6' high...

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angusmaclellan · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:23 am Post Subject: Thanks

Hi all,
Thanks for your replies. It is exactly as ELZ4742 says. Is's a large plate with 3 switches spaced out on it, about the size of a double plug socket.
Regards,
Angus

ELZ4742 · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:49 pm Post Subject:

now wheres that smilie............oh yes, there it is...

sorry, couldnt resist

Steve · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:27 pm Post Subject:

Oh well, ya win some, ya loose some.