Have I bought the wrong kind of 1-Gang switch?

[Apophany]

Hey,

I'm trying to replace a 1-gang light switch due to a faulty toggle which keeps falling out of the switch plate. I've attached a photo of the existing circuitry, but it consists of fairly straightforward live and neutral in to the switch, and an earth cable which is screwed in to the internal metal housing.

The replacement that I bought is also a 1-gang switch, but has a power LED, and it seems to have L and N in, along with L and N out. I've tried googling but all the 1-gang light switch documentation I've found only references COM, L1, and L2, so not sure what I'm supposed to do with my replacement.

As a side note, I have one of those voltage detector wands, and it was giving a high reading by the switch, and then I turned the mains fuse off, which turned the light off, but the wand was still giving a warning beep for voltage being present (albiet not as strong as before). Is that normal? Should I take any other precautions?

Thanks!

 

[rsgaz]

fairly straightforward live and neutral in to the switch,

The black wire is not a neutral. It is the switched live.

It's not really the right type of switch, but if you like how it looks, put the red in L IN, and the black in L OUT. Leave the earth where it is.

If you were hoping for the LED to light up... it won't.

 

[Apophany]

The black wire is not a neutral. It is the switched live.

Put the red in L IN, and the black in L OUT. Leave the earth where it is.

If you were hoping for the LED to light up... it won't.

Thanks. Yea, don't really care about the LED lighting up tbh, happy enough for it to stay off

 

[EFLImpudence]

 

[ericmark]

My Energenie MiHome light switches have a LED and no neutral, but out of 5 switches, only two still working, so likely better not having an indicating light.

 

[Apophany]

Thanks for the replies so far.

Does anyone have any comment on the voltage detector and whether the light is safe to work on even though its still showing a reading? As mentioned, I had turned off the mains fuse already.

Thanks