Hello,
I wondered if someone with more experience of this than me might be able to help.
In our porch there has been a 3 gang switch since we moved in, one of which turns on an outside light (switch on plate closest to door), another the light inside the porch (middle switch) and the third (switch on plate furthest into room - near door into kitchen) appears to be redundant. I suspect that in days gone by it may have been another switch that controlled the kitchen light.
Since decorating the porch I had aimed to replace the 3 gang switch with a 2 gang but on unscrewing the front plate I am very confused by how it is wired up.
The 2 functioning switches are fairly straightforward but I can't work out what is going on with the switch that apparently doesn't do anything...
I have drawn a diagram and uploaded to help but basically the two functioning switches have a black and red each while the third switch has a red connected to common, a yellow to L1 and and blue to L2.
If anyone has any thoughts on this I would be really glad to hear from you.
Many thanks,
Paul
I wondered if someone with more experience of this than me might be able to help.
In our porch there has been a 3 gang switch since we moved in, one of which turns on an outside light (switch on plate closest to door), another the light inside the porch (middle switch) and the third (switch on plate furthest into room - near door into kitchen) appears to be redundant. I suspect that in days gone by it may have been another switch that controlled the kitchen light.
Since decorating the porch I had aimed to replace the 3 gang switch with a 2 gang but on unscrewing the front plate I am very confused by how it is wired up.
The 2 functioning switches are fairly straightforward but I can't work out what is going on with the switch that apparently doesn't do anything...
I have drawn a diagram and uploaded to help but basically the two functioning switches have a black and red each while the third switch has a red connected to common, a yellow to L1 and and blue to L2.
If anyone has any thoughts on this I would be really glad to hear from you.
Many thanks,
Paul