Easy light switch question.

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With the fusebox switched off, I was trying to pull a cable out through a wall, but tugged on the wrong one and tore it out the back of a single lightswitch!

To reconnect it, I have a red wire, a black wire and a bare wire with a green / yellow sleeve.

On the back of the switch, there is a connector at the top marked 'COM' and at the bottom there are two connectors, 'L1' and 'L2'.

I think red was connected to COM because there was a bit of red sleeve left behind. I'm guessing black goes to 'L1' or 'L2', but which one? I'm confused as to what to do with green / yellow because diagrams suggest it should be connected to some metal in the wall mount, but the wall mount is all plastic!?!?!

Thanks in advance.

Red to com.

Black, sleeved red, to L1

Earth into a little connector block. (if the switch and backbox are all plastic.)



Edit. I thought I recognised your name Gabriel. Still haven't learned anything about switches eh!?

Hi,

Thanks for the advice. Up and running again now.

Re. the other thread. The replies I got were a complete waste of time. In the end I sussed that no-one knew what they were talking about / thought that their knowledge was privilidged.

That circuit was parallel as I had suspected, and was easily wired as an OR gate using the PIRs. Laugh all you like but I got much more help from other forums (which was a shame). I changed my switches within an hour and they have been running brilliantly for 6 months since. I'll try to remeber to post my pics next time I'm back in London.

Thanks for your help with this one though.


Peace.


Gabe