How to wire this new wall switch

mcmorrowg

Anyone know how to connect the wires from the current light switch to the new?

Help appreciated

ted1

yes, but you'll need an electrician because it needs a neutral and there is currently none at your switch.

feed goes into live an neutral (brown =live, blue= neutral)
then there's three switches l1,l2 and l3 wire one to each, each one controls a different light

alan4cult

You can get (but more expensive) wifi switches that don't require a neutral.

Best way though is to get an electrician to run a neutral, but if it's not a plaster wall then chasing will be needed.

kurtainsider

The cheapest and handiest way is, if you can manage it, to put the new receiver (is that what it is?) on the ceiling near the actual light you want to control. There's a neutral there. You might need to think of how you can do it without t looking strange.

ted1

kurtainsider wrote: »

The cheapest and handiest way is, if you can manage it, to put the new receiver (is that what it is?) on the ceiling near the actual light you want to control. There's a neutral there. You might need to think of how you can do it without t looking strange.

The light switch would over ride it. And it’s a multi gang switch so he’d have to get one for each light

kurtainsider

ted1 wrote: »

The light switch would over ride it. And it’s a multi gang switch so he’d have to get one for each light

He'd need a receiver to replace each switch anyway. A competent electrician could find the first light in the circuit without any trouble. The alternative is to get a neutral down to that switch which is unlikely to be easy.