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Help changing a light switch

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I am trying to wire a new light switch.

My old switch had load one , common red , L1 brown and L2 white. The second load has common red and L1 blue.

The new switch has loan one as L1^1, L1 and L2 , and the second load as L2^1 , L2 and L2^2 can someone help me with where the wires need to go now
 

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It looks like you have rubber wiring which I have been advising customers to replace since I started in the industry. That was in 1983.

The problem is, moving these wires will mean the insulation falls off and you end up with an absolute nightmare.

Very sorry to say the only solution is to rewire the affected circuits.
 

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