I didn't eat last night and hardly slept due to mains having been off whilst I tried to sort this....
A few days back I tried to replace my bathroom light switch (outside the bathroom) with a dimmer switch. This worked but the fan (which I foolishly hadn't thought about) only turned on when the light was off. (The fan also has its own seperate large switch which is permanantly on. Obviously the fan was controlled by the standard light switch. I tried changing up the wires a bit but I couldn't get the fan to come on with the dimmer (I now know I shouldn't have attempted this but the lights in the bathroom were so harsh). So last night I went to put my normal light switch back and then the problems started. I didn't take a picture of the original configuration cause didn't think I would need to switch back... These are the wires I have.... one white/grey and one brown going in to the common and two other brown cables. I can't remember where these went. There is common and one way and two way holes for the four cables to go into. It seems like whoever originally installed this wasn't very good to leave three cables the same colour. I tried the following combo..... two in the common (90% sure this is how it was) and both other browns in the one way... This resulted in the light being permanently on (regardless of switch) but the fan working with the light switch. I then tried the same two in common and one brown in one way and one brown in two way and then the light was off and wouldn't turn on with the switch but yet again the fan works with the switch turned on. My friends who work in this field say to just try different combos until it works. Do you think its possible that I got the brown that goes in the common mixed up with one that doesn't? Any help would be really gratefully recieved I now have no bathroom light and am exhausted.
A few days back I tried to replace my bathroom light switch (outside the bathroom) with a dimmer switch. This worked but the fan (which I foolishly hadn't thought about) only turned on when the light was off. (The fan also has its own seperate large switch which is permanantly on. Obviously the fan was controlled by the standard light switch. I tried changing up the wires a bit but I couldn't get the fan to come on with the dimmer (I now know I shouldn't have attempted this but the lights in the bathroom were so harsh). So last night I went to put my normal light switch back and then the problems started. I didn't take a picture of the original configuration cause didn't think I would need to switch back... These are the wires I have.... one white/grey and one brown going in to the common and two other brown cables. I can't remember where these went. There is common and one way and two way holes for the four cables to go into. It seems like whoever originally installed this wasn't very good to leave three cables the same colour. I tried the following combo..... two in the common (90% sure this is how it was) and both other browns in the one way... This resulted in the light being permanently on (regardless of switch) but the fan working with the light switch. I then tried the same two in common and one brown in one way and one brown in two way and then the light was off and wouldn't turn on with the switch but yet again the fan works with the switch turned on. My friends who work in this field say to just try different combos until it works. Do you think its possible that I got the brown that goes in the common mixed up with one that doesn't? Any help would be really gratefully recieved I now have no bathroom light and am exhausted.