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Thanks, I see that I have a big job in hand - all of the switches that I've uncovered in the house are wired in this way, very congested, particularly the 3 gang switches. The house is maybe 7-8 years old - is the way it's wired dangerous ? or just unconventional ?should I take it say to NHBC?

I think that I now have some success, well everything works anway, although I take it you would not have nipped off the earth at the fan end ? - Is it worth stripping back more T/E and exposing the earth? The 4 T/E cables are 1 x incoming (from another switch further down the chain), 3 x...

OK - Have now established permanent live on L1 with a meter, still to get into the loft. If I loop L1 to the other switch and connect the other red wire (from the fan ??) what about the neutral which is currently bound with the other black wires in the back of the switch box. At the fan...

I'll get a meter and check Assuming that the 4th - currently unconnected - red wire turns out to be to the fan, can I take the supply from the light switch to feed the switching of the fan. In some of the other switches in the house they seem to have looped across from 1 gang of switch to...

The light switching is not 2 way and as far as I know the T/E cables only feed the ceiling lights - I'll get into the loft space and check further

L1,L2 and common Yes all the blacks are taped together - I checked 3 other light switches in the house and all appear to be the same convention - ie switch is connected entirely with red wires and all blacks are taped together with insulating tape and unconnected in the back of the fitting...

I would like to reconnect a bathroom fan which was removed before I bought the house.(wire buried in Wall and covred over)I've uncovered the cable and have fitted the fan in postion. I would like to change the existing single gang switch to a two gang so that I can operate the light and fan...