In the process of renovating the front room, we decided to ditch the plain white light switches with nice brushed chrome ones. I knew the house was re-wired in 2008 and that the switches all had earth cables in the back box.
The old switches are marked switch 1, switch 2 and COM. There is also an earthing wire which is screwed to the back box. The new switches are marked L1, L2 and COM with a point for earth.
My question is around how to connect the new switches up. I'm presuming the new wiring would be switch 1 to L1 and switch 2 to L2 with COM going to COM. The earth wire (currently screwed to back box) should then go to the earthing point on the new metal switch?
I've attached some pictures of the existing wiring and the rear of the new switch.
Can anybody out a dummy right on this one?
![19449545_10155606759704903_2031386962_o.jpg 19449545_10155606759704903_2031386962_o.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/121/121537-fd77160304a10cd3254dd453a768a732.jpg)
The old switches are marked switch 1, switch 2 and COM. There is also an earthing wire which is screwed to the back box. The new switches are marked L1, L2 and COM with a point for earth.
My question is around how to connect the new switches up. I'm presuming the new wiring would be switch 1 to L1 and switch 2 to L2 with COM going to COM. The earth wire (currently screwed to back box) should then go to the earthing point on the new metal switch?
I've attached some pictures of the existing wiring and the rear of the new switch.
Can anybody out a dummy right on this one?
![19403325_10155606759959903_1341999350_o.jpg 19403325_10155606759959903_1341999350_o.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/121/121535-59f8d797ad68b4f0058a03d53e3b9f97.jpg)
![19238340_10155606759804903_514876217_o.jpg 19238340_10155606759804903_514876217_o.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/121/121536-53623b4df416284245345aa95a177253.jpg)
![19449545_10155606759704903_2031386962_o.jpg 19449545_10155606759704903_2031386962_o.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/121/121537-fd77160304a10cd3254dd453a768a732.jpg)