So where is the third live for the "loop" - you need a permanent live to the switch as well, but i can only see three reds in total, one of which doesn't go anywhere!
You might need to narrow it down a bit ...!I have been checking who is saying what and who I have insulted before.
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Unless you are proficient with A multi meter I would get one of these pens that you just touch the insolation and it will light up if live - much simpler and less chance of not being right
Why would you be fucking around with fiddly electrics if you're visually impaired?
So I treated myself to a testing screwdriver and it was pretty simple.
I connected all the reds together and left the black ones seperate, then I tested which had current when the switch was on but didnt when it was off.
Put the earth in, the switched wire into Live and the others into N and job done.
I connected all the reds together and left the black ones seperate, then I tested which had current when the switch was on but didnt when it was off.
Put the earth in, the switched wire into Live and the others into N and job done.
Stick a brown collar around the switched live feed for future reference. Or a bit of brown tape. Something to identify it. Electrical compliance and all that !
Tttttut.
Should have gone to the Range only ever a quid from there .
Thrift and all that.
Cheers, yep I did! I put a connector on the ones going into the light and marked the cables the same colour as the ones in the light to make it easy next time!
I've completed it, now fitted a dimmer switch too.
Fully qualified electrical, next week I will be up a cherry picker fixing the cables on pilons.
I'm gradually changing my switches and sockets to brushed steel from ghastly outdated brass with rope-effect detail ..
Slight problem i'm finding is that they only put 3/4 inch back boxes in the walls, so something like an LED dimmer struggles to fit. Really looking forward to doing a 3-gang switch at the bottom of the stairs, which controls the outside light, the landing lights (as a 2-way circuit), and the hall (which is THREE-way, and i can't remember which is the intermediate switch, which are a bastard) - so many wires of all sorts of colours and collars!
Slight problem i'm finding is that they only put 3/4 inch back boxes in the walls, so something like an LED dimmer struggles to fit. Really looking forward to doing a 3-gang switch at the bottom of the stairs, which controls the outside light, the landing lights (as a 2-way circuit), and the hall (which is THREE-way, and i can't remember which is the intermediate switch, which are a bastard) - so many wires of all sorts of colours and collars!
One little job i've been doing while on lockdown is to put perspex "finger-plates" round the sockets and switches in the kitchen. I chose a light grey transparent one, to match the stone-coloured paintwork. Finishes it off nicely ...
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