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I have finally got all my lights working again! Thank you so much to everyone that helped me. :D :D :D

Yes, to the points you made and I appreciate what you saying. Perhaps it is time to get an electrician in! Also, you are correct, the switch I am having problems with is in the same room as the wires in the picture (living room). I don't know if any alterations have been made in the past...

This was what my dad was doing when he was over a couple of days a go. I thought it would tell me if there was a problem with the cable.

The circuit tester I am using in an analogue one. With the dial switched to 250V, I am placing the red needle on the red wire and the black needle on the black wire.

low current. Have I still got the switch wire wrong even though all the other lights downstairs are working?

Thanks for this Conny. I have tried what you suggested with the wires from the switch and nothing happened. Using the circuit tester I tested the wires and got a very low current. I thought maybe there was a problem with the cable, so I bought a new piece and connected that up to replace the...

Thanks so much guys. I have done what you said and now have all lights working except for the living room, which is a big improvement! :D Does this indicate that there is something wrong with the switch on the wall in the living room - this is the switch I got the bang and spark from yesterday?

Thank you for your suggestions Coljack and Conny. I'll give these things a try in the morning and let you know what happens! Fingers crossed :)

The one that has the red cable with the label on, is the live wire from the main unit under the stairs. Thanks for the other suggestion, I'll give that a try in the morning.

of the other 2; 1 is the main live wire and the other is the switch. There is also a very low reading from the wire that goes to the switch if that's any help?!

How are these pics?? I haven't done this before so I don't know if they'll be big enough? http://www.diynot.com/network/HelenRButler/albums/

This is a bit of a long story, but please bear with me as I am desperately in need of some advice and am getting fed up of sitting in the dark! When trying to wire up a new light yesterday, I stupidly took the old one off the ceiling without noting where all the wires went – there are 4 wires...