Reduce a two-way circuit to one switch
One switch is no longer needed, for example because a door was walled up or a cupboard stands in front of it. The two-way circuit becomes a one-way circuit.
Two-way with junction box → Keep just one switch 16 steps in 3 boxes
Work out the plan for your boxes ▶
Different cables, swapped colours, more switches? The calculator takes over this setup and you adjust it.
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More about this change
One switch stays and controls the lamp alone. The other gets a blank plate; its cores are insulated.
What to watch out for
- You can choose in the calculator which switch stays. The plan takes the one that needs the fewest changes.
- The remaining two-way switch can stay: it also works as a one-way switch.
What you need
- 1× Switch insert
- 1× Blank plate
- 9× Wago 221-412 (2-way)