REPLACING A 2 GANG 2 WAY LIGHT SWITCH

[GILO72]

I am replacing this 2 gang 2 way switch in my kitchen.The wirng on the old switch is
BLUE-YELLOW-RED on the top of the block
RED-nothing connected to middle terminal then RED again
My new switch also as six terminals but are two blocks of three,with common at the top and L1 and L2 at the bottom.
Thanks

 

[ColJack]

your existing switch is 2 blocks of 3 also, it's just that one block is upside down to the others giving you 3 one side and 3 the other...

are there no markings on the existing switch?


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L1 COM ---- switch 1
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L2 | L1
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COM L2 ---- switch 2

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from the sound of it you have a twin red cable coming in, this is one switch wire and will go to one switch with one red in COM and the other in L1

the other cable is a 3core and earth, red to COM, yellow to L1 and blue to L2