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Spark123. That's about it. If I remember the blacks are in a clamp similar to that of the Earth on the other side of the wall box. I will have to check tonight as I am at work but I am fairly sure that that is how it is. The actual switch is connected as you have discribed.

Yeah plastic back box. Blacks are clamped in there too, as well as the earths. And the actual switch is fed by the two reds. I think that whoever installed the switch has just used two cables instead of using one red and black single 2 core and earth cable. And no, it wasn't me!!!

no there is an additional clamp in the plastic of the box to which the black wires are fitted. It is not the earth wire because this is joined to the box on a seperate claim.

Well there are only 2 cables coming into the box from the junction box and the 2 reds are connected up. Therefore, I am assuming that as the switch actually works, then both must be carrying live charge to complete the circuit. Sadly the tone on this forum seems to be to look to closely at...

one gang/two gang. Not bothered. Just don't want to blow the bloody doors off!!! Sleeved earth is joined to the box too. Two red/ live wires to the switch from two seperate cables. The black (and I assume redundant|) wires clamped into another screw in the box. Can see why there would be...

Cool. All of the diagrams in my manuals show the switch live as a black wire so I assumed that my wiring as wrong. The live red wires that have been used are in two seperate cables with the nutral wires have been clamped onto the box. Is this normal?

I am swapping over to a new switch and the two wires going into the one gang switch are both red. From my celing rose I have deduced that I have a junction box circuit. Surely there should be one cable with a red and black wire each going into the switch? It looks as though whoever wired it up...