Easy light switch question.

[GabrielKnight]

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With the fusebox switched off, I was trying to pull a cable out through a wall, but tugged on the wrong one and tore it out the back of a single lightswitch!

To reconnect it, I have a red wire, a black wire and a bare wire with a green / yellow sleeve.

On the back of the switch, there is a connector at the top marked 'COM' and at the bottom there are two connectors, 'L1' and 'L2'.

I think red was connected to COM because there was a bit of red sleeve left behind. I'm guessing black goes to 'L1' or 'L2', but which one? I'm confused as to what to do with green / yellow because diagrams suggest it should be connected to some metal in the wall mount, but the wall mount is all plastic!?!?!

Thanks in advance.

 

[C&GStudent]

Red to com.

Black, sleeved red, to L1

Earth into a little connector block. (if the switch and backbox are all plastic.)



Edit. I thought I recognised your name Gabriel. Still haven't learned anything about switches eh!?

 

[GabrielKnight]

Hi,

Thanks for the advice. Up and running again now.

Re. the other thread. The replies I got were a complete waste of time. In the end I sussed that no-one knew what they were talking about / thought that their knowledge was privilidged.

That circuit was parallel as I had suspected, and was easily wired as an OR gate using the PIRs. Laugh all you like but I got much more help from other forums (which was a shame). I changed my switches within an hour and they have been running brilliantly for 6 months since. I'll try to remeber to post my pics next time I'm back in London.

Thanks for your help with this one though.


Peace.


Gabe