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Thank you all for your replies. As ban-all-sheds handily points out it is best not to tinker with electrics unless it is safe (though once the electricity is turned off it's not really electrics and they're just metal wires). At any rate, since the summer is round the corner and I fancy a...

Thanks for replying. I know that there is a link. It gives the same instructions as those provided with the dimmer. The trouble I have is with recognising which wire is which on the present switch. I need to know which is the live wire, but since (I believe) a two-way switch has been used in...

I am trying to replace a standard plastic single switch with a plastic single dimmer switch (remote controlled). The current switch has one connection labelled 'Common' (at the top end) and two others labelled 'one way' and 'two way' (both at the bottom end). There are two red wires and one...