Changing back to standard light switch

[bovril]

I have a Timeguard ZV210 dusk/dawn switch that I want to convert back to standard on/off single pole switch. But there are 3 cables in the back box and I’m unsure which 2 to attach to the new switch, ideas?

Got really confused with the black and redd taped together. Also one cable marked SW and the other T.

 

[ericmark]

It would seem only two wires are used, so simple, use the same two wires.

 

[bovril]

No, the Timeguard device gets constant power from those two wires and then has electronic switch inside to turn on at dusk, with a manual override 'normal' switch on the front

 

[sparkwright]

Is there another switch somewhere with taped up wires as well?

 

[bovril]

Is there another switch somewhere with taped up wires as well?

mmm, not another switch, but this may have been a double gang switch before to switch on the hall light as this is by my front door, so the taped up two could be that. doesnt get me any closer, i seem to remember when i did just move the two connected to a switch as suggested in first comment it just blew the switch when i switched it on (and tripped the breaker).

So still not any closer in decyphering what to connect?

 

[sparkwright]

So what room does the Timeguard control?
Do you have another switch for the hall?
It looks possible the taped up wires may have been for a 2 way switch - which you should consider putting back.
Let's have a look in the switch you use for the hall light.

 

[flameport]

No, the Timeguard device gets constant power from those two wires and then has electronic switch inside to turn on at dusk, with a manual override 'normal' switch on the front

All that is true, but it's still just a switch with two wires.
Buy new switch, connect those two wires to the switch. The end.

Other taped wires are unrelated.

 

[sparkwright]

All that is true, but it's still just a switch with two wires.
Buy new switch, connect those two wires to the switch. The end.

Other taped wires are unrelated.

Had enough already??
Presumably, the Timeguard could not accept all of the wiring that the original 2 gang switch used, and so one of the switches had to be done away with.
NOW we have an opportunity to have two switches again - which presumably means the hall light can now be controlled from two positions, which I assume it used to be once.
Seems daft to leave those presumably live wires taped up like that, when we could have a 2 way switch for hall back again, which could be very useful.
Can't help thinking two of those taped up wires are simply twisted together unsafely - which would make sense, in order for the other switch to function.

 

[securespark]

mmm, not another switch

So I guess there isn't a two way.

 

[sparkwright]

So I guess there isn't a two way.

How does he turn his hall light on then?
I assumed he was talking about another set of taped up wires, which is what he was asked.

 

[bovril]

Thanks for the replies, but I’ve gone to the pub and will respond tomorrow

 

[bovril]

Had enough already??
Presumably, the Timeguard could not accept all of the wiring that the original 2 gang switch used, and so one of the switches had to be done away with.
NOW we have an opportunity to have two switches again - which presumably means the hall light can now be controlled from two positions, which I assume it used to be once.
Seems daft to leave those presumably live wires taped up like that, when we could have a 2 way switch for hall back again, which could be very useful.
Can't help thinking two of those taped up wires are simply twisted together unsafely - which would make sense, in order for the other switch to function.

Thanks for the responses chaps, yes it would make sense that this was originally a double switch and I would like to return it to that as well. Currently the hall light is on another double switch at the other end of the room, photo inside that switch below. My thoughts are if I copy that layout it might work?

 

[sparkwright]

In your latest photo above, which side of the switch currently operates the hall?

 

[sparkwright]

At the switch in the your original Timeguard picture, if you look at the taped up wires, you have a twin cable with red and black, and a cable with just a red.

To confirm, is the single red and the black from the twin cable joined together?

If so, on one side of your new 2 gang switch, the single red goes to common, and the red and black from the twin cable go to the remaining terminals, probably marked up as L1 and L2.

Markings vary.

On the other side of your new 2 gang switch, for the Timeguard, the red goes in the common, and the black in L1.

 

[bovril]

In your latest photo above, which side of the switch currently operates the hall?

The right hand side