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    2 gang, 1 way wiring explanation please - Shelly 2.5

    Arh, I see what you mean - if the four wires control three lights each, then id need 4 Shelly 1s! Ill need to check tomorrow. Ill have a look, thank you.
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    2 gang, 1 way wiring explanation please - Shelly 2.5

    By 'set' I mean the following: one of the light switches controls 6 of the 12 LEDs in the room - all at once. Ie when the switch is flicked all 6 come on. And the other switch controls the other 6 of the 12 in the same way. Ie when its flicked they all come on. I think you may be correct...
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    2 gang, 1 way wiring explanation please - Shelly 2.5

    So that’s the thing. They control two sets of LEDs only, not four. That’s why I can’t understand the need for the four in the COM terminals. Ive reached the same conclusion as my other post- that they have been wired with perm live to L1 and lights from COM. Any ideas?
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    1 gang, 1 way switch wiring - explanation please

    Arh, brilliant - that explains a lot - since I've been reading the 'textbooks' and couldn't make head, nor tail of it! Many thanks, appreciate it.
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    1 gang, 1 way switch wiring - explanation please

    Thanks for your fast response. Are you saying the one brown live wire into the COM terminal is the output to the lights; and therefore by deduction the two brown live wires in the L1 terminal are the live in and live out. From what I've read i though live is always supposed to come into COM. But...
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    2 gang, 1 way wiring explanation please - Shelly 2.5

    Hello, can someone help me understand what is going on here please with this wiring. Its a 2 gang, 1 way switch - but has more wires than I expected. Having done a lot of research I cannot easily make sense of it The reason I ask is that I wish to install a Shelly 2.5 like this: . Many...
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    1 gang, 1 way switch wiring - explanation please

    Hello, can someone help me understand what is going on here please with this wiring. Its a 1 gang, 1 way switch - but has more wires than I expected. My explanation is: there is a live in, circuit out (to next switch in following room) and lights out. If thats correct, how do I work out...
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