No.I have a light switch I want to replace with a dimmer switch, problem is only one switch controls the light yet every dimmer switch I see is 1 gang 2 way, does it make a difference?
Because the videos don't show looping at the switch.also there is 3 live cables going to the com port on the current light switch, 2 live(one black) going to the l1/l2 part of the switch, 3 neutrals in a choccy clock connector and an earth in a choccy block connector
why does this look so different than youtube videos which only have one of each wire?
If they are in the same terminal then they must be the same thing - either both permanent line or both switched.just pulled my old light switch out and it had the switched live and a live in one terminal L1,
It'll work either way round.then 3 live wires were in the com port, on my new fitting it says to put the switched live into the com port and the live into L2, I'm confused.
You may need some extra connectors, e.g.I cant rewire it like the old switch as I cannot physically fit the 3 live wires that were in the com port on the old switch into the new switch, only 2 at a time
Sorry to pester you all but does this sound ok? Based on my understanding of lighting circuits and the fact its working fine seems ok to me but its weird how the fitting says to put the wires that were in L1 into the com port and the wires that were in com to the L2 portsorry for the multiple updates I'm just checking if this is ok, i put all 3 of the looped live wires into a terminal block, then used a short length of wire from the terminal block to the L1 connector on the new dimmer switch.
I then put both of the other live wires which were in the L1 port on the old switch (i believe one controls the extractor fan) into the COM port on the new fitting (on the dimmer switch instructions it says to do this)
the dimmer switch works fine, dims well, turns off and on and the extractor fan is fine, is it safe what i have done?
all the neutrals and earth i have left connected in the choc blocks they were already in as it is a plastic switch
So your saying it doesent matter that the 3 looped live are in L1 and the 2 switched live are in com basically, i.e. it would work either way? And is it ok to use the connector block to convert the 3 looped live to one wire?It's showing that for one way switching it doesn't matter whether you use L1 or L2 (upside-downiness notwithstanding) and it doesn't matter whether you use COM for 'in' or 'out'.
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