Living Room/Upstairs Landing Light Switch Nightmare

bigmac1108 · Post by **bigmac1108** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:21 pm

I'm hoping someone can help me...

I have tried (unsuccessfully) to change the light switches in my lounge and upstairs landing. Here's the scenario.

Lounge has a Dimmer Switch by the front door which controls the Lounge light.

Also in the lounge is a Two Gang switch on which one switch controls the Lounge light and the other controls the Upstairs Landing light.

Upstairs Landing - One switch which controls the upstairs landing light.

I have changed the Dimmer Switch and the Two Gang and some wierd things are happening. The dimmer switch now turns on both Lounge and Upstairs Landing lights. I have also changed the two gang and this now does wierd things too, like turning on all lights with one switch and only upstairs with the other. I have not changed the upstairs one yet.

The new fittings I have have the following terminals

L1
L2
L3

The wires I have are

RED
YELLOW
BLUE
(EARTH which is connected to the back box)

Can someone help me on this....it's really fustrating ;-(((

Thanks

EJJ150847 · Post by **EJJ150847** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:43 pm

Have a look under lighting in the A-Z contents page, it should point you in the right direction.
Rule No 1 with electrics always make a note or drawing of what you have before you take it apart, helps so you can put it back if all else fails.

Oh, and introduce yourself if you haven't already on the welcome site.

John.