Convert two way switching to one way

Nov 08, 2020 Last reply: 5 years ago 6 Replies

Our kitchen lights are switched from both the main door and the back door. In practice, we don't need the back door switch.



What is the easiest way to convert this so it's just switched from the main door?



I thought maybe just join the correct pair of wires behind the switch plate? What do you do with the spare one? Just jam it into a wago connector so it's insulated?



It's been wired in the normal way according to the wiki.



Whilst on the subject, is Adam okay? I haven't seen him posting recently.


Stop using the other one. :-)

yes, join the wires from COM and L1 in one wago, and isolate the remaining wire from L2 in another wago, if that leaves the remaining switch "upside down" swap L1 and L2

Yes, I've just seem him on-site ...

Thanks.

Colin is of course quite right, and I stuck a bit of tape on to act as a reminder. I'm hoping to tidy that up.

I am OK but busy/knackered.

ATM I usually leave the house at 5.30am and travel to Leicester (which is why Andy saw me on site today as I invited him to look at the weirdest house I have rewired) and then get back home around 6pm. Left early today.

You're doing that 7 days a week? That's quite a commute.

Not 7 days a week.....

I was in Lincoln on Saturday (with a couple of lights to swap in Doncaster on the way home). Less mileage but it's a longer drive time-wise.

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