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Steve - just quoting what it says on the Consumer Unit instructions that we had installed not so long ago.

Would that not affect the actual light the wires are in though (in this case the kitchen light) as that is working - it's just the other lights which are on the same fuse that aren't?? I'll certainly go and check though

No we have safety circuit breakers

mdbalson- yes the 3 reds are in a connector and taped up securespark - apparently so. The house has some strange set ups and that's one of them. The loft and hallway are on one fuse, the dining room and lounge on the ground floor are on one floor but the kitchen light is on the same one as...

The three reds are all together and have insulation tape around them. The black wire with a red band around it has been put in the L terminal and the remaining 2 blacks in the N terminal. They're screwed in as tight as we could get them and the light now works (last time it failed when we...

they are all separate switches - thanks so much for replying so quickly!

the kitchen ceiling light was the one that i replaced and now the upstairs hall light and 3 bedroom lights won't switch on. They are all on the same fuse I believe

After falling for the common mistake of putting all the black wires together I followed this to the letter: //www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:blackswlive I replaced the dimmer switch with an old normal switch and it now works but the other ceiling lights that I presume were on the same...