One to confuse you all!!

[axel132132]

Right then this has now happened to me twice.. and ive not a clue whats going on so if anyone has had the same issue it would be good to see what causing it.

Anyways SO i have a 2G2W light switch upstairs and a 2G2W light switch downstairs.. I Wire them both correct.. Up have Brown from 3-core in Common, then black in L1 and grey in L2 and Live in in L1 and Live out in L2.. that controls the lights on the stairs..

Then i do exactly the same with the upstairs lights. Feed in, feed out L1 + L2 etc.. ok all simple so far..

NOW COMES THE CONFUSING BIT..

The stair lights are working fine on the 2-way wikid..
The LED spotlights in the celing dont work.. OK

SO i swap the cables, basically swapping the switch.. NOW the LED spotlights work on the 2-way but the stair lights dont..

OK so maybe the switch is broke.. Change the switch (TWICE still dosent work)..

Umm maybe i have a strapper down or something.. Bell out the strappers.. BELL OUT FINE.. ok now WHAT the hell is going on here??????? Switch is fine, strappers fine and if i move the strappers from one switch to the other it works so this proves that the Live IN to switch and the Live to the light works an that all the lamps are working..

any ideas anyone?

cheers

 

[UNG]

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the new regs with the second amendment..

You know the one where dead tests are now called tug tests..

Is that how you test if they ring out then they are ok or do you pull the other one

 

[VoltzElectrical]

Pull the other one! Lol!

 

[Golden_Boy]

Lol,ok,dont you bother with niceic or elecsa etc then

Didn't bother with school much either judging by the spelling and grammar!

 

[bigbaddave]

Call an electrician.

Holy Crapping hell. POT KETTLE BLACK!

I have just read your thread on the possible rewire of a Hotel and asking what you need to RCD and where security lights are required.

You have the cheek to say this guy needs an electrician...

 

[Mark Trevena]

Holy Crapping hell. POT KETTLE BLACK!

I have just read your thread on the possible rewire of a Hotel and asking what you need to RCD and where security lights are required.

You have the cheek to say this guy needs an electrician...

yeah ive been on that post but its shut now..lol night

 

[VoltzElectrical]

Come on Axel!!!!

 

[Octopus]

Shame there is no update, given the amount of useful replies you would have thought that that would be the least he could do - or maybe he'll never update us and just load a new question and move on.

 

[Tidy Max]

Yeah, i keep checking for a reply too, i am intrigued!

 

[MDJ]

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the new regs with the second amendment..
..

No hahaha, but I have several 17th edition regs books here which are out of date, the Opening poster can have one if he wants it, I ve never looked at them, everytime I buy one some prat in london in a suit decides to bring another edition out, I still have my 15th somewhere, that has a second amendment, who decides what colour to make the front cover, :biggrin5:

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Shame there is no update, given the amount of useful replies you would have thought that that would be the least he could do - or maybe he'll never update us and just load a new question and move on.

He's still working on the 2 way switching problem he encountered a day or two back I suspect.

 

[nikmet]

It's not going to be easy trying to find a fault especially when you know you've connected it all 100% correctly, and gone the extra mile by taking a bit extra time to carry out a Tug Test too.....can't wait to find out what it turns out to be

 

[UNG]

May be he's switched jobs because this one didn't turn on for him or has he moved on from light duties to power away from this thread:teeth_smile::teeth_smile:

 

[Geordie Spark]

Didn't bother with school much either judging by the spelling and grammar!

Judging by his stroppy childish attitude I'd say he's still at school !!!

 

[VoltzElectrical]

axel, you need to come back and redeem yourself!

 

[infinity]

Yeah what was the problem? Don't take it too seriously its only a forum!

 

[axel132132]

Broken tester, the Common link brown of 3-core belled out fine with my tester.. But when i put pressure on anything with the probes it belled out fine.. I pressed one down on a wall and the other on my arm and it said it was a circuit

SO the issue wasnt as simple as all put out to be, cable belled out fine BUT due to testers being broken wasnt fine therefore that was the issue

Sorry for late reply been busy