Swap dimmer switch for normal switch
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DanTheManGX
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Swap dimmer switch for normal switch

by DanTheManGX » Thu May 26, 2022 8:15 pm

Hi, I am trying to swap a dimmer switch for a regular switch, see images attached but there are a lot more wires than I was expecting!!
Any advice on how to wire up the normal switch please? Do I need all these wires?
thanks for any help
DanTheManGX
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this is what I want to move to
this is what I want to move to
normal front.jpeg
Dimmers front.jpeg
this is what is there now
this is what is there now

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Re: Swap dimmer switch for normal switch

by Mr White » Thu May 26, 2022 10:18 pm

You connect the wires to the new switch EXACTLY the same way they are on the old switch.
Do it tomorrow when its daylight.

To be 100% sure put a small label on each wire, and take another picture (Check the picture is in focus)

Look at your old switch, you have C next to L1
Look at your new switch C is at the other end from L1
But the wires still go in the same name terminal (C and L1) just like they do now.

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