Lightwave switches - 2 gang and 4 gang - any fitters out there?

[stevehayter]

Hi all,

I consider myself to be a competent avid DIY-er., even in terms of electrics. I've changed sockets, light switches, and ceiling light fittings. However, I was well an truly stumped today.

I purchased some lightwave smart switches before lockdown, and thought a nice bank holiday activity would be to fit them. I have 1 x 4 gang switch and 1 x 2 gang. The 2 gang switches are also controlled from the 4 gang.

The lightwave instructions aren't exactly comprehensive. The seem to only cover the simplest of use cases. As lightwave connectors vary slightly to normal connections, it's difficult to tell what I should connect where.

I think I figured out the 2 gang switch - but the 4 has just confused the hell out of me. There are so many brown wires, some with writing on like 'UUL' and 'KIT'. I can't make head nor tail of it.

Photos of the wires below. I'm quite happy to get an electrician out (if any will come during lockdown), but I at least wanted to know if anyone could point me in the right direction first?

Any ideas?

Thanks

Steve

 

[flameport]

like 'UUL' and 'KIT'.

Hall and Kitchen would seem likely.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Or utility and kitchen.

BTW. In the first pictures there are a couple of devices hanging off the back of the switches. Are they lights of some sort?

 

[EFLImpudence]

First thing to realise is that a four gang switch is not anything special, complicated or magic.

It is four completely separate switches with no manufactured connections between each of the four.

Each switch is a triangle. In your case the triangles alternate up and down.

 

[sparkwright]

Hi all,

I consider myself to be a competent avid DIY-er., even in terms of electrics. I've changed sockets, light switches, and ceiling light fittings. However, I was well an truly stumped today.

I purchased some lightwave smart switches before lockdown, and thought a nice bank holiday activity would be to fit them. I have 1 x 4 gang switch and 1 x 2 gang. The 2 gang switches are also controlled from the 4 gang.

The lightwave instructions aren't exactly comprehensive. The seem to only cover the simplest of use cases. As lightwave connectors vary slightly to normal connections, it's difficult to tell what I should connect where.

I think I figured out the 2 gang switch - but the 4 has just confused the hell out of me. There are so many brown wires, some with writing on like 'UUL' and 'KIT'. I can't make head nor tail of it.

Photos of the wires below. I'm quite happy to get an electrician out (if any will come during lockdown), but I at least wanted to know if anyone could point me in the right direction first?

Any ideas?

Thanks

Steve

Is that a stray brown wire in the righthand picture?

 

[stevehayter]

Is that a stray brown wire in the righthand picture?

Sort of - it popped out when I unscrewed the switch from the wall. It was connected to the terminal right by it.

First thing to realise is that a four gang switch is not anything special, complicated or magic. It is four completely separate switches with no manufactured connections between each of the four. Each switch is a triangle. In your case the triangles alternate up and down.

But 2 of the 4 gang switches also control the 2 gang switches.

BTW. In the first pictures there are a couple of devices hanging off the back of the switches. Are they lights of some sort?

Yes, there were lights behind all the light switches when I moved in.

Hall and Kitchen would seem likely.

Or utility and kitchen.

The kitchen lights have their own switch and I don't have a utility .

The biggest issue is the lightwave connectors are completely different to normal switches. Instructions say to connect all L1s to the live terminal and L2s to another terminal. But I can't connect 4 wires to one terminal. That seems crazy and they won't fit.

 

[crystal ball]

Wago connectors