3 gang light switch issue

[EFLImpudence]

Ok.

Which switch is working? Is it the one with the red wire sharing a COM?

 

[stender]

 

[stender]

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[stender]

how do i tell which one is working? the right hand switch is working. if the wires behind that are the ones then its the red on its own in 1way.

 

[EFLImpudence]

how do i tell which one is working?

The one that works the working light.

the right hand switch is working. if the wires behind that are the ones then its the red on its own in 1way.

Ok, then everything seems to be as it should be.

You have power to the left switch and the right switch works a light.

So, that just leaves -
the blacks might not be connected to the switch correctly - bit much to expect both are not.
the lights are not working - bit much to expect both are not.

Many an hour wasted over faulty new products.

I don't know what else to say.

 

[stender]

ok so put the old socket back and all works fine. how annoying. Only positive is i must of lost some weight up and downstairs a hundred times switching the breaker on and off.

So is that definitely a dodgey socket then?

 

[Taylortwocities]

So is that definitely a dodgey socket then?

Isn’t it a switch?

But, possibly a faulty one of those.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Oh dear.

That's life.

 

[securespark]

I assume it worked correctly before you changed the switch?

EG, you have not moved in to a house with an incorrectly wired switch...

If it did work before, you must have something amiss.

It is possible the feed in to the commons is via one of the blacks, not one of the reds.

 

[Taylortwocities]

He’s put the old switch (aka socket) back and it works.

 

[stender]

Yes i bought a new 3 gang SWITCH. Translating the connection from old to new was my problem, but the experts on here said it looked like I had fitted it correctly, but it only worked 1 of the 3 lights. When I put the old SWITCH back all 3 worked as before. I've bought another SWITCH so will try again once I've recovered from this!

 

[EFLImpudence]

Oh dear. Was the new new switch the same type as the old new switch?

 

[stender]

it was. watch this space........! i had no choice, all the sockets/switches need to match. I have 3 double sockets, 2 fused connectors, 1 single light switch and the treble.

 

[Taylortwocities]

My breath is bated…