Loose light switch wires

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Loose light switch wires

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Hi, can anyone tell me where the two brown wires go in the face plate, Com, L1 or L2
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You have 3 brown wires and no we can't tell you where they go.
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Oh, is that because you don’t know or you are not allowed to tell me ?
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It's because we don't know.
Believe it or not, there is nothing that says "This wire will go in THAT terminal" and as they are all the same colour it makes it worse.

However all we can do is guess.

the two browns in com and the single brown in L1
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Many thanks Someone-else 👍🏻
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