Need help

[aidy999]

I have an old light switch with 4 red wires. I want to wire up a new sensor switch. By looking at these photos where do I put my old red wires in the new switch. I don't know what is live etc. etc because of all red wires.
Any help would be great


Right way up

Old




Upside down

OLD





I am lost here

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NEW


Thanks

 

[EFLImpudence]

That is an intermediate switch. The wires are all line(live).
You must have (or have had) two other switches which operate the light.

You will not be able to fit the sensor in place of this switch.

 

[Spark123]

Your diagrams are wrong too, not that it matters as EFLI says - you don't have a neutral so it won't work anyway.
I wouldn't trust something that I can't understand with Chinese writing on like that to be safe to connect to a UK/Irish electrical supply.

 

[aidy999]

Thanks for the reply's

, I am not a spark so please be gentle. My landing has 2 switches, here is the second. Would it be possible to wire the sensor to this switch? and if so, which of these wire are, live, earth & netural.


again thanks folks.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Green is earth.
The other three are live.
No neutral.

 

[bernardgreen]

I am lost here

So was the person who drew the diagram. This is a bit better,

But if the device design and build have similar quality control to the quality of the instructions then the safest thing to do is put the device into the waste bin.

 

[aidy999]

I am lost here

So was the person who drew the diagram. This is a bit better,

View attachment 97588

But if the device design and build have similar quality control to the quality of the instructions then the safest thing to do is put the device into the waste bin.

\so

Green is earth.
The other three are live.
No neutral.

Ok no neutral. so can I wire my sensor if no neutral?

 

[canduit]

aidy999 just to explain. Quite often, neutral wires (null line in your instructions) are not found behind the switch, only at the light bulb.
Edit: What is the purpose of this new sensor switch?

 

[Spark123]

Forget it, it isn't going to work without wiring work.
Even after that, the device it isn't built to a standard any reputable electrician in the UK / Eire would trust so they would not touch it with a barge pole.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Ok no neutral. so can I wire my sensor if no neutral?

No - you can't use that to replace any of your switches.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

<photo of a switch with no apparent CE mark>

I doubt that it should be on sale in the RoI

 

[Echo the husky]

Any chance of a link to this sensor switch? I don't think I have ever heard neutral being referred to as 'null line'.

 

[Robin0577]

I imagine it's probably one of these or some similar nastiness from the far east. We had another thread about these things recently on here.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IR-Infrar...393973?hash=item1eab9fc6f5:g:lMcAAOSwll1WwaSj

 

[Echo the husky]

Oh well, at least you don't have to touch the thing when it it is powered.

 

[stillp]

"power consumption 0.08 degrees per year"
"exhaust fan convulsions "