Thank you for the help.
I decided to check the rest of the switches in the house and one of them was wired wrong and that was causing this one to not work.
All working now.
Although satin that, there is another switch in the room literally the other side the front door that I thought was for an outside light (sorry new property for me, trying to work out wiring) I have taken the front off and taken a photo for you
Hi, no it is not a two-way switch.
I do not believe there is another switch that controls this light either.
This is for a living room light with just the one switch
Hi,
I wondered if anyone could help. I am struggling to get my light switch to work. I am replacing a dimer switch for a normal one.
However, there is one cable with 2 red and an earth coming from it and a separate cable with only a red.
I do not know how to wire this up safely.
I have...