Fattrack switch extending the wire

Well, are you really planning on selling them anytime soon?  If that's super important to you, just remove the original wires completely and fabricate some end to end wires.

 

In any case, the Fastrack switch wires have bare ends at the switch end, so splicing them there and continuing to the switch doesn't involve cutting the wires.  If you decided you want to sell, I doubt anyone's going to miss the 1/2" you cut off to strip for fresh ends after the splicing.

 

You disconnect the wires from the switch simply by unscrewing those little screws on the switch a couple of turns, presto the wires come out.  You can also remove them from the switch controllers if desired, take the controller cover off.

I used thermostat wire to extend the length of the controller wires.

Like Jeff, except I use regular 4 conductor Phone wire because I like the fact that it's red, green, yellow, and black. Those color match my switches. I don't mess up from one end to the other. With currently 20 plus switches I have never had a problem.

I to use telephone wire for the same reasons as Larry, & i disconnect the wires from the switches & i use barrier strips, therefor there is no need to cut the orriginal wires on the switches.

The thermostat wire is color coded as well.  There are different type, with different numbers of wires. I think the one I used was 5 conductor, and I just didn't use one.  The colors match except for one, where I used blue for the black, I think.  What I like about it is that it is solid not stranded, not sure what the phone wire is, probably solid too, and the gauge is thick enough to easily push into the connections on the bottom of the switch.  Is that also the case with the phone wire?

Jeff

It is solid , not as heavy a gauge as the thermostat wire . I can't remember, but I think it's it's 20 or 22 gauge.