Hi the below image is of my kitchen light switch.
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I'll try and explain it the best i can.
There are 4 main wires coming down to the double light switch.
The light switch is a double light switch controling 2 lights separately in my kitchen. The wiring for the light switch is all interlinked with my downstairs lights. As i have found out due to none of my downstair lights working.
The picture shows all the black wires bar 1 joined together and not connected to the light switch in an capacity
The earth wires all joined together and connected to the earth on the switch.
The 4 red wires are going to the switch and as follows -
2 red wires ( 1 with a loop) going to common.
Another 2 red wires going to 2 L1 on the switch.
I've disconnected the light switch and marked the wires (or i thought i did) where the wires go.
Now i've tried to connect the switch back up and now the lights in my kitchen are not working as are none of my lights downstairs.
I've taken off some other light switches downstairs and they all seem to have 3 main wires running to them and have all been connected up by the red wires and the black wires have all been taped off.
Has any of you ever seen lights wired up like this?.
I take it i'm going to need a meter to find what wire is live before i can move forward, as in getting my lights working again.
And before someone says yes i have flipped the trip switch back to on.
thanks
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I'll try and explain it the best i can.
There are 4 main wires coming down to the double light switch.
The light switch is a double light switch controling 2 lights separately in my kitchen. The wiring for the light switch is all interlinked with my downstairs lights. As i have found out due to none of my downstair lights working.
The picture shows all the black wires bar 1 joined together and not connected to the light switch in an capacity
The earth wires all joined together and connected to the earth on the switch.
The 4 red wires are going to the switch and as follows -
2 red wires ( 1 with a loop) going to common.
Another 2 red wires going to 2 L1 on the switch.
I've disconnected the light switch and marked the wires (or i thought i did) where the wires go.
Now i've tried to connect the switch back up and now the lights in my kitchen are not working as are none of my lights downstairs.
I've taken off some other light switches downstairs and they all seem to have 3 main wires running to them and have all been connected up by the red wires and the black wires have all been taped off.
Has any of you ever seen lights wired up like this?.
I take it i'm going to need a meter to find what wire is live before i can move forward, as in getting my lights working again.
And before someone says yes i have flipped the trip switch back to on.
thanks