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    Loop at switch - 2 gang switch

    Thanks for your replies, I now have the downstairs lights working, I managed to work out which cables made up the loop in the back of the switch and then worked out which wire ran to the cellar lights and which one ran to the light in the kitchen, the other wire is still confusing me though...
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    Loop at switch - 2 gang switch

    update, i have now identified 2 'live' cables that form the ring, I have also identified the cable that goes to the light in my cellar, so the 2 lives are in a COM terminal and the light in the FL2 terminal, whenI swap out the L2 terminal for either of the other 2 wires the circuit trips, if I...
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    Loop at switch - 2 gang switch

    scratch that, i have just switched the 2 T&Es round and same thing was happening so assume they are creating a circuit no matter which way round they go!!
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    Loop at switch - 2 gang switch

    I think I have identified my two live wires, I know that one of them is a grey T&E and the other T&E goes to a light in my cellar, so I attached one to COM and the other to L2 and then attached one of the other red cables to COM, the light in the cellar came on, so presume this means that the...
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    Loop at switch - 2 gang switch

    again this could be a possibility, it has always been 2 gang since we have lived here, roughly 20 years, the three cables that I can't fully identify all disappear in the same direction, could it have been a second light coming off the same switch? so two lights working off one of the switches...
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    Loop at switch - 2 gang switch

    that is a possibility knowing what my house is like, however I have no way of finding out which one that would be, guess it would be just trial and error, looks like I may have to purchase a tester but then I would still need to know what the readings actually mean!!
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    Loop at switch - 2 gang switch

    no test kit I'm afraid
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    Loop at switch - 2 gang switch

    this is the best one I can find, the COM terminals are at the top, all the black cables are in a terminal together and the earth cables were just in a clump in the back but I have attached these to the terminal on the box.
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    Loop at switch - 2 gang switch

    Hi All, I am new to the site and have recently started doing more and more electrical work in my house, nothing too major, changing face plates, light fittings etc, however I have encountered an issue that I cannot sort out. I have a 2 gang light switch where it is looped in the switch. Nothing...

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