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I have just bought two new spotlights and the existing has live, live 1, earth and neutral, but the new lights have live, earth and neutral.

Can the 4 connections go into 3?

Two spotlights, sensor triggered and switch in kitchen (mains connected.)

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In the second picture have you put the black in with the blue ?

I have a feeling the black is a live
 
In the second picture have you put the black in with the blue ?

I have a feeling the black is a live
agree. think the black has a brown sleeve, and appears to connect to 1 side of the load, so will be a SW/L. for manual override.
 
Not connected as not like for like and thought two live together would be ok but wondering if the other light (existing) is tripping board out as L2 connected
 
You could get rid of the switch in the kitchen and let them work solely on the pir
 

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