3 to 2 Light switch

[angusmaclellan]

Hi there,
I have just moved into my house and currently have a light switch with 3 switches in my living room. Only 2 of the switches are connected to lights though. Does anyone know where i can find a light switch the size of a 3 switch but with only 2 switches on it?
Kind regards

 

[breezer]

any electrical wholesaler, or diy place.

but do note which wire goes where before you change it

 

[Steve]

Isn't a 3-gang the same width as a 2-gang anyway?

 

[breezer]

yes. presumably he gets fed up with people pressing the wrong swicth

 

[ELZ4742]

grid switches will be your best bet, not sure if they do a 2 gang in a double sized plate but theres always the option of using a blanking grid switch.

 

[Steve]

grid switches will be your best bet, not sure if they do a 2 gang in a double sized plate but theres always the option of using a blanking grid switch.

You dont get it. 3 gang and 2 gang are single-width accessories.

 

[ELZ4742]

my understanding was that it was a double plate with 3 switches on not a single plate with 3 on.

like this but with 3 obviusly

but he means this i presume

and just to show that i DO get it

 

[Steve]

No need to get narky. I've never seen a double width 3 gang switch, except in grid, so i assumed they dont exist (unless someone comes on here and proves me wrong?) and whats the chances of him having grid switches?

 

[ELZ4742]

im not getting narky mate, just dont appreciate being patronised is all

 

[RF Lighting]

I just stretched a pic of a normal 3G

 

[Steve]

"MK presents their new range of accessibility products"

 

[securespark]

Trouble is, they're 4'wide and 6' high...

 

[angusmaclellan]

Hi all,
Thanks for your replies. It is exactly as ELZ4742 says. Is's a large plate with 3 switches spaced out on it, about the size of a double plug socket.
Regards,
Angus

 

[ELZ4742]

now wheres that smilie............oh yes, there it is...

sorry, couldnt resist

 

[Steve]

Oh well, ya win some, ya loose some.