Recent content by TheBigLebowski

I think we've finally nailed this one! I took off all the wall lights and then tried the switch and it worked fine. Sending a current to the chock-blocks in the wall when the switch was turned on and no current when it was switched off. All of this without triping the MCB fuse. My plan...

You guys are right. There are 3 cables in grey sleeving each containing a single red. I know it's not clear from the pic but there are 2 cables at the top, 1 cable contains the red wire which is the live and the other cable contains the other red wire which is the switch-live. The cable...

Thanks guys. I said "four wires comming from the wall" as i was including the earth wire - sorry for any confusion. I have tried it without the loop wire i.e.: 1. the loop wire connected to nothing 2. the live wire connected to COM 3. switch live connected to L1. Unfortunately...

Cheers guys! It's good to know it's not me going barmy! This is the pic of the switch and one of the wall lights. It was myself who put the blue tape around the red wire so that I would remember it was the switched live. Also in the picture I have the switched live going into L2 however I...

switch and wall light fitting

Thanks for your response. All three wires are red. 1 is always live, for the other two red wires I worked out which one was the "loop out" in order for the next light to work. This makes me believe that the last remaining red wire *must* be the "switched live". My understanding is I am...

My brother recently decided to replace my lounge dimmer switch with an ordinary light switch. There is only one switch in the room which normally switches on 4 wall lights. The old dimmer switch has been binned and long gone and now I am left with a shiny new 2WAY switch which has a COM, L1...