Recent content by OolonColluphid

Sorry. Banging my head against a wall makes me a bit stroppy. Absolutely. And defining jargon when using it is also a good practice :P :D. As is making it clear when you're using a term possibly inaccurately, but use those terms anyway because they make sense in a sea of jargon. Thus, for...

That's what I did in the end. In the old switch, the red from the red-black-earth cable went into the slot from which emanated the first strap wire. That’s how I figured out that the ‘live’ (inverted commas in case it isn’t actually Live ;)) supplied all four switches, the other three via...

Ah. No Edit button here. Ah well... Just to apologise. 'Rant in haste, repent at leisure.' :oops: Still miffed that I managed to get a working switch that apparently isn't right (like I should care, as long as it works), though. I think the old switch may have been wired incorrectly. The...

Okay. As far as I can see, I've pretty much duplicated what was in the old toggle switch, and translated it into language that people like me with O Level physics can understand. So what I was terming 'neutrals' are 'switched lives'...? I thought I was making clear that I neither knew nor...

How to wire a replacement (three or) four-gang switch (eg a dimmer) I now feel like I could cure a rainy day! Fixed it, and report it here as it was just so damned simple in the end that others similarly perplexed might benefit from my new-found genius! ;) I was replacing a four-gang...

Many thanks! The FAQ sort of helps... ans sort of doesn't. At least it explains why one terminal is labelled 'C'! I had the old switch unscrewed off the wall last night, and then put it back on again, pending the purchase of some little pieces of wire to connect the new one's innards up...

Hello all! I'm extremely novice-y at DIY things, but have done some simple electrical stuff. So, hopefully a quick question... I need to replace a four-gang straightforward on-off one-way light switch with a dimmer switch version. And the only four-gang dimmers I can find that are the...