Recent content by bigalm

Sorry PrenticeBoy, I seem to have replied to a comment of yours that's disappeared. Your advice is sound and seems to confirm my line of thinking. I'll work on it more in daylight tomorrow. Thanks.

No. Original switch was a double gang (two switches on same plate) but each switch is one-way i.e. each switch independently controls two wall lights. You switch each pair on and dim them with just the one switch. Each side has L1 L2 (blanked off, no screw) and C. The new switch CAN be...

Thanks for your reply, but how do I (safely) determine what this 'spare' lead is and whether this is the source of the problem or if I've wired up the switch incorrectly? I realise the colours are largely meaningless at this stage, but that's all I have to work with and why I tried to simply...

That should be L2, not L"

Hi, I've just moved to a new (old) property and wanted to replace all the old brass sockets and switches. In the lounge I had a double dimmer switch (rotate switch only) with each switch independently controlling two wall lights. I removed this and found the following connections: blue...