Lectrician wrote on Jul 12th, 2015, 2:53pm:To me, it looks like you would put the two blues in a terminal block on there own, not connected to the switch.
The brown currently in P would go in L
The brown in 1 would go in A1
The black in 2 would go in B1
If the switch operates backwards, switch around A1 and A2.
It may not be the switch at fault of course! Do you have a voltage meter?
Hi thank you for taking the time to look at my question. The original is disintegrating the plastic that the rocker pins clip into are all but gone and the chassis is all cracked.
Since posting it I have found a Somfy switch which seems to resemble the original exactly I have started to think I will have to splash out again. Somfy's web presence is so hard to negotiate their UK side is useless, they just want to sell new installs and not parts so I have resorted to the French website and google search. Here is a pic it looks to me like the set up I have. Thanks again
I have just understood what you are saying about connecting the neutral outside the switch and I will give it a go before spending any more cash, we have a main board with double rcd and the circuit is independently fused so worse case the circuit is shut down.