Dale, the next time you get one of those switches in your hand examine it carefully. There are small indentations near the hole where the wire is pushed in. With a small screwdriver push on these indentations and the wire should release. I did not get a chance to toy with it myself however, when the electrician relocated the kitchen light switch he popped the switch out in a few seconds. I asked how he got the wires out that fast and he told me about the releases. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Dale Leavens" <dleav...@puc.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 7:38 AM To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wow so installing lightswitch question?
> You can use a two way switch in a one way installation. Use the two > connections on the one side, not the top two. > > The wires are hard to pull out, the screws don't make any difference to > them, the screws are an alternative connection method only, many people > feel more confident screwing the connections down than they do with the > press-in wire connections. > > Just pull hard on the wires, it can help to twist the switch so that the > wire rotates slightly in the hole while you pull. Grasp the wire though, > don't depend on the wire holding in the box while you are pulling the > switch away. > > These grip very tightly. This is a good thing as it makes the connection > by bighting into the copper. > > Dale leavens. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Blake Hardin > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 4:57 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] wow so installing lightswitch question? > > > > Hey all, i bought a light switch today to replace one of mine in the > wall and i bought a three way one instead of a one way. Now the ones > that i have in the wall are a one way, or at least thats what i think > there called, they have two wholes on the back where the wires go in > to verses the one i bought witch has three. So can i still use the one > i bought or do i have to get one like the one thats in the wall? Also > when putting the light cover back on over the switches how come those > dang little wholes are so hard to line up? Like i will have one screw > in there and it will line up just fine then when i try to put another > screw in the screw goes in at an angle. I got it back on and > everything is fine but why are those wholes so hard to line up? Oh, > one more thing when i was in there, i couldn't manage to get the wires > lose from the switch. I unscrewed the screws that were in the sides of > it and tryed to pull them out but it wasn't coming lol. How hard could > i pull before i break something? > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links > > >
