Recent content by nix24

Successfully replaced switch today. Many thanks for your help.

What a twit I am! Sorry, I've just re-read your message. When I said there were only 3 cables going into the switch - SORRY - I meant one cable with 3 wires. And I got the order completely wrong too: the RED should go to COM and the BLACK to L1. It's late, sorry! Don't worry, I won't...

Thanks, Spark123, for your speedy reply. There were indeed only 3 cables coming into the switch (red, black and green/yellow). But I'm a little confused. Is the black cable live, then, as well as the red cable? Thanks for your suggestion about extending the earth, by the way,I hadn't...

Hello there! I'm trying to replace the pull-switch for my bathroom light, but it's not as easy as I thought! In the old switch, the cables were connected as follows: red = COMM, black = N and green/yellow = earth. In the new switch, there is no 'N', only an 'L1' (well, there is also an...