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Thanks for the response. As stated below I’ll leave “as is”, I reckon.

Thanks for that. I took as much care as you suggested I should do in your first post, and the light operates as intended. I guess I’ll...

There ins't really anyway to create more room, other than to either as suggested put the connections in a joint box in the ceiling...

That’s what I do with all of mine. As long as you can get to them it’s not a problem. I do my upstairs ones from the loft and the...

Seriously chaps, I could do with some help here. The rose with this fitting is pretty shallow and although I managed to get all the...

Photo attached to show the fruits of all the good advice given by you guys. Found the rose with this fitting stupidly shallow, and had...

In all honesty, it took me a while to work out what you meant by “pigtails”. Having done so, a plan is starting to take shape, thanks to...

My bad - I saw red, they are both brown in fact!

The photos were taken with my 4 year old iPhone, so misrecognition of colours is entirely forgiveable, Harry. ;)

That's very helpful, thanks. Seeing the situation a little more clearly now.

That doesn't really have an impact here. The "normal" way to implement "two way switching" only impacts the wiring at the switches...

Thanks very much for the replies. For some reason I tend to develop a blind spot when it comes to working out electrical connections, IF...

And personally, I wouldn't try and get three earths and two neutrals into that cheapo connector block thats fixed close to the edge...

Well, the previous people haven't used the "correct" terminals but that doesn't make much difference. New light brown to SL New light...

Your new fitting, is simply lacking in one terminal, for those joining those two red wire on the left, of your second photo. One...