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Help changing light switch

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  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    jk0 wrote: »
    Get an electrician.


    Only if you want to be stung for a fortune!
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    aardvaak wrote: »
    Only if you want to be stung for a fortune!

    As opposed to being stung by 240 volts...
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • Risteard
    Risteard Posts: 2,000 Forumite
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    macman wrote: »
    As opposed to being stung by 240 volts...

    Or even 230V +10%/-6%
  • stator
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    Le_Kirk wrote: »
    Here is your photo link made live. I have to say I am more confused than ever. What is that complicated beat wrapped up in plastic? Maybe you could tell us the model name/number of the new light.

    It'll be a smart switch, Lightwave RF or Z-wave or similar.
    Controllable via app

    Quite expensive, lot of stuff on eBay direct from China
    Changing the world, one sarcastic comment at a time.
  • onomatopoeia99
    onomatopoeia99 Posts: 7,214 Forumite
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    Risteard wrote: »
    Or even 230V +10%/-6%
    Classic euro-fudge, so voltages could be "standardized" across Europe.
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  • Risteard
    Risteard Posts: 2,000 Forumite
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    onomatopoeia99 wrote: »
    Classic euro-fudge, so voltages could be "standardized" across Europe.

    True, but in fairness it is actually a CENELEC fudge rather than an EU fudge. Leaving the appalling EU won't save us from CENELEC harmonised documents.
  • TheCyclingProgrammer
    TheCyclingProgrammer Posts: 3,702 Forumite
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    stator wrote: »
    It'll be a smart switch, Lightwave RF or Z-wave or similar.
    Controllable via app

    Maybe a z-wave switch, but LightwaveRF switches do not require a neutral (and that isn't one in the picture).
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