3 sets of wires for a lightswitch

[Dibaartingstoll]

Hello, new member here!

I have attempted to replace a lightswitch in my house. The single switch controlled my kitchen lights.

I isolated it and removed the old lightswitch, i undid the screws and pulled the wires out. I should have taken a photo of the configuration and will next time. There were more than one wire in the same part of the old switch.

I was then left with: 3 blue wires and 3 brown wires. Three green and yellow wires are screwed in at the back.

I can't figure out how or where to put these 6 wires to get either the old or new switch working. Each attempt has shorted out so I've given up. I've left the ground floor lights off at the box as I currently have wires sticking out.

Photos attached. Pic 1 is wires. Pic 2 is old switch. Pic 3 is new switch

Hopefully someone can advise me?

Thank you in advance

 

[Cagethethird]

You are going to need a seperate connector for all the blues. they won't connect in the new switch. Do you have anything that can do this?

 

[Dibaartingstoll]

You are going to need a seperate connector for all the blues. they won't connect in the new switch. Do you have anything that can do this?

Cheers. Is that a waygo or something similar? I'm not sure what that is or how I'd do it...

 

[Cagethethird]

Cheers. Is that a waygo or something similar? I'm not sure what that is or how I'd do it...

As you are not sure i would say its best to get an electrician in.
From the pictures it looks like like a simple job but you would need to be sure what you are doing

 

[Sparky5473]

Looking at your pics I would put all the blues in a wago, the brown wire which has been doubled over in L1 of the switch and the remaining 2 browns in the com of the new switch

 

[nicebutdim]

No one going to mention earthing that new decorative metal switchplate?

 

[westward10]

Blues together as above, the brown with the folded over end into L1 the other two browns both into COM. An earth is also required to the front plate.

 

[Cagethethird]

No one going to mention earthing that new decorative metal switchplate?

exactly, and not a deep back box, could be tight when screwing all this back

 

[littlespark]

As above.

The blues would have been all together in the terminal marked “loop” on the old switch…. Which isn’t a functioning part of the switch and is only there as a connection point.

Any type of connector, doesn’t need to be a WAGO…

And you do need an earth link between the back box and the new face plate.