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Riveralt, this is what puzzled me, what is powering the lights, as this seems missing a cable. I checked and one of the 2 white cables and the top one in the diagram is live feed, the bottom one is not so assume is supply to the 6 down lights. There could be more to this in the ceiling...

I can confirm there is only 3 connectors as shown, plus the 4th cable that was not connected and confirmed to be connected to the dimmer switch. I tested what Riveralt suggested with a pendant light and now both lights work independently from the 2-gang dimmer switch.

The diagram is what has been in place for the last 2 years with a working set of 6 lights from one of the controls on the 2-gang dimmer. I am wondering f it is the end of the loop and so one of the white cables is the feed to the 6 down lights ?

Hi Ban-all-sheds, thanks for response, in the interests of any others reading this I will try and clear up any ambiguity. So, the 4 cables from the ceiling: 1 x twin & earth cable that is not connected at the ceiling but I confirmed it is connected to the double gang dimmer switch, red...

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Thank you Riveralt, that made sense and was exactly the solution. I should have mentioned that the earth is present and connected in all cases as the switch and lights are metal cased.

Hi, I had some house renovation work done a couple of years back and the electrician provided me new lighting in the dining room-to-be consisting of 6 low voltage down lights and a central single lighting point. Both lighting systems are controlled by a double dimmer switch in the room. As...