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Replacing a single light switch

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    #32
    DRice
    Registered Users Posts: 442 ✭✭DRice


    DRice wrote: »
    Yes. I forgot about that. The fan can also be turned off completely off a different switch that is set to turned off currently. We turned it off as it was too noisy when the baby was sleeping. I guess i better check if the fan ia still working properly? Maybe thats what the other darker wire does when the other switch is set to on?

    Fan doesnt work now


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    POBox19
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭POBox19


    How many Boards posts does it take to change a light switch? Lots it would appear, especially when it is actually more than a light switch.
    I’d seriously suggest that you engage an electrician to replace the switch and extractor fan at the same time. It may cost a few euro now, but could save you big in the longer run.


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    DRice
    Registered Users Posts: 442 ✭✭DRice


    POBox19 wrote: »
    How many Boards posts does it take to change a light switch? Lots it would appear, especially when it is actually more than a light switch.
    I’d seriously suggest that you engage an electrician to replace the switch and extractor fan at the same time. It may cost a few euro now, but could save you big in the longer run.
    You thinking my new switch is inadequate to do the job that the old one did? The old switch was just a simple switch with L1 , L2 (not used) and com and it worked?


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    Malcomex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭Malcomex


    Risteard81 wrote: »
    Because it's absolute rubbish now - but you'll still pay a premium for it. My wholesaler stopped stocking it over a decade ago due to all the returns.

    What brand are you using for white and metal?


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    POBox19
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭POBox19


    DRice wrote: »
    You thinking my new switch is inadequate to do the job that the old one did? The old switch was just a simple switch with L1 , L2 (not used) and com and it worked?


    I'm sure the switch you got would be fine for a light. It's just that it is being asked to do more than just turn on a light. The fan in the toilet should work too.
    Normally a light switch would have three/four wires coming into it, you're photo shows eleven, if I even counted them all.
    I suggested an electrician because there's a lot more going on in that wall than just a simple light switch.


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    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,054 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Can you describe the sets of cables you have.

    It looks like you have:
    4 core (fan) L and L' to be connected

    There are 3 browns (L) coming from the grey flat cables:
    Are these
    Two sets of 3-core (Brown/Blue/Green+Yellow- or bare) - I can only see 2 earth cables going into the terminal block.
    One set of 2-core (Brown/Blue)

    Blues (Neutral) and Green+Yellow/Bare (Earth) are sorted. We just need to know what the grey cabling consists of.

    If so, the 3-core will be the main circuit feed into the switch and out and onto the next switch on circuit.
    The 2-core will be the switched power to the lamp unit.

    Can you confirm that there is an isolator switch for your fan unit?


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