Changing drawstring light switch with 40year old wiring (4 red wires)

[Apops]

Hi there.

Happy Monday and I hope whoever reading this is well. I'm trying to replace a 40 year old light switch (which has been removed). I am left with 3 x red wires (which their own outer grey tubing) all wrapped together at the end and 1 x other red wire which shares some outer grey tubing with what I think is the earth maybe?

How do I translate this to the new wiring system (new drawstring light switch has 3 holes in the centre block and an earth screw on the side)

Thanks in advance

AL.

 

[terryplumb]

Show us a pic of terminal identification on new switch.
The earth conductor/s go to the earth terminal. The single red would go to com and the others bunched together in L1 would be my suspicion,Or vice versa.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Presumably the three reds in COM and the single red in L1 or the equivalent markers. Earth wire in earth terminal.

The same as it was connected before.

 

[Apops]

See pictures below. On light switch the available holes are:
- L1 & L2 ( 2 holes on one side, lower)
- L (1 hole on top side)

 

[EFLImpudence]

L and L1 then.

It doesn't actually matter which way round.

 

[terryplumb]

What he said ^^^

 

[Apops]

OK so to confirm. The 3 red wire bundle I can put into L1 and single red into the L? Then earth to earth obviously.

 

[terryplumb]

Yes ,or 3 red into L ,and single into L1, as said above it doesn't matter.

 

[Apops]

Thank you both! Kudos! Have a super day.