How To Wire A Single Gang Light Switch

Wiring a one way switch.

How to wire a single gang light switch. Although technically it doesn t matter which way round you connect the wires it is best to stick to convention and connect the permanemt live from the supply to com and the switched live to the lamp. A double gang light switch is designed to fit in a single gang switch box yet it offers the capability of controlling two separate circuits. Your gang box looks like an octopus with wires emerging from it like the tentacles of the kraken that sank the black pearl. In this first example i ll be wiring a one gang junction box that holds one single switch and that switch controls one single pendant light.

Typically these terminals will be marked com and l1 sometimes l1 and l2. Some gang boxes are in locations that do not allow the box to be expanded to add a separate light switch. A 1 gang switch will control a single lighting circuit and with a 2 gang switch you can control two lighting circuits and so on. Whilst the 1 way switch is t.

Wiring a single light switch in the middle of a circuit. However if you need two switches to control a single lighting circuit such as in the case of at the head and foot of stairs so you can switch the lights on and off in both places you need to understand a 2 way switch. You have only one power supply wire and three different fixtures to be wired to that power supply. If you re attempting to wire anything more complicated like upgrading a four gang light switch to a four gang dimmer switch it may be worth taking a quick photo first just in case you get muddled up with the wires and need to revert back.

In this video i show you the correct way to install a 1 way light switch. How to wire 2 way light switch in this video we explain how two way switching works to connect a light fitting which is controlled with two light switches. How to wire three switches in a gang box seems a bit daunting just looking at it. You can wire two single pole light switches in the same gang box using a device that combines two separate single pole light switches into one device using the original single switch space.

How to wire connect install a one way light switch. Just like before twist the three wires together screw on a cap then connect the jumper to the switch in box 1 and the single black wire in box 2 to that switch. When the switch is on both terminals are connected together. A one way light switch has two terminals which is a common marked as com or c.

And this switch is pretty much right smack dab in the middle of the circuit with two switches before it and a few outlets after it in the circuit.