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On/Off Switch - Three Brown Wires

  • 14-03-2021 2:21pm
    #1
    MichaelDevers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭


    Hello All,

    Looking for a bit of advice on this before swapping out any switches.

    Couple of weeks back I was going to swap out an On/Off switch that's connected to a single ceiling light in a bedroom to a dimmer switch, but discovered two thin brown wires were connected to the same connection, along with one thicker brown wire connected to a common connection (From what I've seen).

    Would there be any way of swapping this out myself to the dimmer switch, or would an electrician have to look at it? If a photo is required for better visualisation, let me know and I'll upload one.


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  • #2
    meercat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,828 ✭✭✭meercat


    MichaelDevers wrote: »
    Hello All,

    Looking for a bit of advice on this before swapping out any switches.

    Couple of weeks back I was going to swap out an On/Off switch that's connected to a single ceiling light in a bedroom to a dimmer switch, but discovered two thin brown wires were connected to the same connection, along with one thicker brown wire connected to a common connection (From what I've seen).

    Would there be any way of swapping this out myself to the dimmer switch, or would an electrician have to look at it? If a photo is required for better visualisation, let me know and I'll upload one.

    Easily done by yourself. Take a note of each wire and connect them exactly as they are into your dimmer switch.( i.e two cables into 1 terminal and one cable into the other)


  • #3
    MichaelDevers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭MichaelDevers


    meercat wrote: »
    Easily done by yourself. Take a note of each wire and connect them exactly as they are into your dimmer switch.( i.e two cables into 1 terminal and one cable into the other)

    So in the case of connecting up the dimmer switch, the two thin brown wires would go into L1, L2 left unconnected, and then the common into it's own (Common) connection?


  • #4
    meercat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,828 ✭✭✭meercat


    MichaelDevers wrote: »
    So in the case of connecting up the dimmer switch, the two thin brown wires would go into L1, L2 left unconnected, and then the common into it's own (Common) connection?

    The normal practice would be two wires into com and one wire into L1 but it should function either way.


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