replacment light switch - help required

[billmurray1875]

tried to replace a light switch last night, the one I bought from b&Q was different to what I removed

after trying various combinations i can't get my lights to work in sync

set up as follows;

lounge has a single switch by the door for the one ceiling light in the room

at the other end of the lounge is a 2 way switch, it controls the lounge light and also the kitchen light

(when i removed the existing switch it had a couple of black neutral cables together in a connecter and another short piece of wire bridging the switches), in an attempt to get the lights working i've removed this and now have 8 wires (not including earth) and 6 holes on the switch

what should go where?

tia

 

[comms]

It depends on which of cables 1 & 2 are the supply cable. I'm assuming that the 3rd goes to the lounge light fitting, with one of the others being the supply & the next supplying the kitchen lights?
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[billmurray1875]

i'm pretty sure the 3rd cable is the supply cable

 

[comms]

Oops wrong post

 

[comms]

If that is the case swap 7 & 4.
But it may be advisable for you to call a sparks in, it'll take him no more than 10 mins to sort it.

 

[billmurray1875]

thanks for your help

what do i do with the black cables, connect them all together in a connecter block?

 

[holmslaw]

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[billmurray1875]

in the original set up the black wires from cable 1 and 2 were linked in a connector block

there is also the issue of the small piece of wire used to bridge the switches?

 

[holmslaw]

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