double light switch old style to New

[stargateuk]

Hi there, Can anybody HELP


Top of the switch there is one hole with common and white wire in
and bottom there is two holes saying AC, in one is two red wires and the other a black and a blue.

in the new fitting there is a common, so the white wire goes in that, next to the common is L2 and at the bottom is L1

Which wires go into L1 the black and the blue - Neutral
and L2 the red wires......

 

[securespark]

You mention no earth wires, which leads me to believe you have 3 core cable with red, white and blue cores & no cpc.

Can you post a piccy?

You also say "double switch", but your text suggests only a single rocker.

When you say double, do you mean there are two of them that operate the same light(s)?

 

[stargateuk]

You mention no earth wires, which leads me to believe you have 3 core cable with red, white and blue cores & no cpc.

Can you post a piccy?

You also say "double switch", but your text suggests only a single rocker.

When you say double, do you mean there are two of them that operate the same light(s)?

Hi thanx for the reply it is a single rocker, and yes there are two seperate switchs that operate the same light.
Picture to follow tomorrow

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Hi there, Can anybody HELP


Top of the switch there is one hole with common and white wire in
and bottom there is two holes saying AC, in one is two red wires and the other a black and a blue.

As you know, 2-way switching is more often than not done by taking the permanent and switched lives to L1 & L2 at one switch, and then connecting the three switch terminals to the three in the other switch with a 3-core & earth cable. Red/white/blue is an unusual one to find for this, and the lack of an earth core is very worrying.

in the new fitting there is a common, so the white wire goes in that, next to the common is L2 and at the bottom is L1

Which wires go into L1 the black and the blue - Neutral
and L2 the red wires......

As you also know, neutrals are not connected to switch terminals.