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Hi, I tried to put a dimmer switch in. There was a little crackling and the light was flickering. I put the old light fighting back on and now the light I was working on is the only one that works in the whole house. I have checked the fuse box and all the other electric things are working. Would someone please able to advise on what I might have done?
 
Sounds to me like you have interrupted the first light on a 3 plate
 
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does the rest of the house come on when you turn this one switch on?

You mention changing a switch, then a light fitting? Thats what is confusing us.
Did you change one, the other or both?
 
Usually with tree plate lighting if it is wired wrong it normally goes bang or the other rooms will only work with the other room light switch on. In this case, I think that a cable is loose, broken or come out of the connection. I would be careful it's not copper-clad or aluminium cable.
 
does the rest of the house come on when you turn this one switch on?

You mention changing a switch, then a light fitting? Thats what is confusing us.
Did you change one, the other or both?
Sorry, I changed a light switch to a dimmer. I have since reconnected the original switch back and the light connected to that switch is the only one working in the house.
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Usually with tree plate lighting if it is wired wrong it normally goes bang or the other rooms will only work with the other room light switch on. In this case, I think that a cable is loose, broken or come out of the connection. I would be careful it's not copper-clad or aluminium cable.
Nothing went bang, no fuses blew, the light I was working on is fine and all other power in the house is working fine.
 
Sorry, I changed a light switch to a dimmer. I have since reconnected the original switch back and the light connected to that switch is the only one working in the house.
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Nothing went bang, no fuses blew, the light I was working on is fine and all other power in the house is working fine.

So the logical conclusion is that you have disconnected the rest of the lighting circuit.
How many cables are at the switch and at the light.
 

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