I've been trying to replace a 2-gang dimmer inherited in our living room with a new switch. The exisiting wiring is shown below (hopefully), with what appears to be a bodge by connecting the live from the first gang to the load terminal of the 2nd one (I guess they didn't have a spare piece of wire to connect it to the live terminal!).
Every switch I've tried using, however, (about 3 different ones) whether I connect the live feed to live terminals on both gangs or I replicate the current setup, I cannot seem to get the lights to switch on (or, in one instance, one circuit remains on regardless of the switch positions). I have ensured that all the switches have the necessary load capacity (4x60W incandescents).
Any thoughts?
Live feed
---------------- ------------- -------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Live XX XX Load
Load XX XX Live ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Light 1 Light 2