Hello folks! I have these switches in my bathroom.

The rightmost is the lights, and the middle one is the bathroom fan, and I’d like to replace that middle one with something I could load tasmota on (or some other open source firmware), without replacing the other switch, the sockets, or the faceplate.

I haven’t seen any smart switches that have a form factor that would fit through this faceplate, though; they seem to mostly want to be the entire electrical box.

If it weren’t for the electrical plugs I could maybe replace this with some kind of 2-gang thing, which isn’t really what I want but could be fine, but as it stands I’m not sure what my options here are.

I don’t need the new switch to necessarily look like the old one, I just want it to fit in the same box and use the same faceplate. Do you folks have any recommendations?

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Say what. Do you have a link? I tried finding them and failed.

      I think I found them. They seem to be called “sectional” wall plates. Here’s an example that could let OP replace the middle switch with a decora while keeping the left and right as-is.

      • drrodneymckay_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        11 months ago

        The ones I know of are at Home Depot . I searched “modular” but the listing’s didn’t seem to have any useful keywords. Also from what I was finding on the site the collection online is not very expansive. I have a switch plate at work that those could be useful for. I has to be a dozen switches wide.

    • psycotica0@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      While others have convinced me to just replace the whole gang, this is pretty cool! I’m kinda glad someone is making them, though I am a little curious to know how they’d look all assembled together… I feel like the seams would be pretty noticeable…