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I have to say I kinda admire people who do it for a living. I couldn't do it in a thousand years. I would end up setting some houses on fire as a result of frustration :LOL:

Now I'm fighting with sockets... How could anybody squeeze 10 wires in a 1 gang socket is too much to comprehend. But my lights still work!

I like your pragmatism! :ROFLMAO:

You both helped me. Your modified drawing ensured me I understood Taylor's written instructions. Cheers.

Taylortwocities and SFK - you guys are amazing. I love the way you explained it. I followed step by step what you have written and only lights in the living room started working again. I've read your instructions step by step 5 more times and then looked at SFK diagram several times. And it...

Hi guys, It's me again. I've checked all the cables again and there are 5 cables IN TOTAL. So 4 cables are coming from the wall and the 5th one is a piece of cable bridging COM's. I'm attaching photos. Let me know what you think.

Hi Sunray! Thanks for a first reply that is actually explaining something in depth instead of telling me off for being reckless :D To give a bit more of an explanation: There is a single two gang switch in the kitchen, one gang is for the downlights in whole kitchen and the other one is for a...

I will post a photo when I'll be back home. I will ask the question differently - what would the electrician do in order to sort it out?

I'd love to call an electrician and have that sorted but quite frankly, I'm broke. I do know a very good sparky whom I have hired in the past - but as I said, money's tight. I even think he would come and fix it free of charge because he's a really nice chap, but I hate taking advantage of...

Hi Guys, I've decided to change some light switches as the old ones were all tatty and yellow from uv exposure. I've changed three 1 gang 1 way switches and it took me like 5 minutes (with two cables there is not much to mess up). I proudly went to the kitchen to change the 2 gang one and in...