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#319652 18-May-2025 12:50
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Hi,

 

I have a 2 gang switch being used as a one way. So 1 switch operates 1 light and the other switch, a different light.

 

I have replaced the switch as the old one had a redundant dimmer dial per switch.

 

I wired it the same but removing the dimmer connections, however that has not worked.

 

There are no live feeds going into the common but then there wasn't previous.

 

Any help appreciated.

 

Thank you.

 

 


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  #3374313 18-May-2025 13:05
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If you are unsure, get an electrician in. You need to move the wires from "loop" to "C" in the centre.




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  #3374316 18-May-2025 13:44
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@gregmcc looks like dodgy sleeving?


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  #3374317 18-May-2025 14:01
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Bung:

 

@gregmcc looks like dodgy sleeving?

 

 

At one time it was legal to re-identify the green. Actually has sleeving which is more than most 80s houses had on the cable. Possibly added by whoever put the dimmers in.





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  #3374330 18-May-2025 15:14
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This is a classic example of why home owners should not do electrical work, as far as the sleeving goes, yes at one stage it was legal to sleeve a green another colour, but no way to identify from the picture when the work was originally done.....

 

 


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  #3374332 18-May-2025 15:26
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No telling who did it but it doesn't look that old. I've found the same thing done in 1990s in our house but sleeving was red.


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  #3374514 19-May-2025 07:53
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it may have been around 2003 that the green sleeving was made illegal......

 

 


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