Jetheat
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I'm not an electrician and I'd like some advice.
I'm trying to troubleshoot a wiring problem.
I have a 2-way (2 gang) outlet on the wall with 4 sets of wires.
This outlet is working well and a couple of the brown wires show voltage (live wires).
I've shown these with arrows on the attached image (WorkingK1 image).
On the other outlet of the 2-way system, I have a non-working switch. This has two sets of 3 core wires. No wire shows any voltage at all.
Someone from another forum advised me to test for resistance continuity.
So I connected the black and grey wires at the none-working switch with each other and then placed the Multimeter probes on the grey and black on the working outlet (see blackgrey image).
There was no reading on the multimeter. It didn't even register a reading.
Does this mean that wires are severed in between somewhere?
If so, is there anything I can do?
JH
I'm trying to troubleshoot a wiring problem.
I have a 2-way (2 gang) outlet on the wall with 4 sets of wires.
This outlet is working well and a couple of the brown wires show voltage (live wires).
I've shown these with arrows on the attached image (WorkingK1 image).
On the other outlet of the 2-way system, I have a non-working switch. This has two sets of 3 core wires. No wire shows any voltage at all.
Someone from another forum advised me to test for resistance continuity.
So I connected the black and grey wires at the none-working switch with each other and then placed the Multimeter probes on the grey and black on the working outlet (see blackgrey image).
There was no reading on the multimeter. It didn't even register a reading.
Does this mean that wires are severed in between somewhere?
If so, is there anything I can do?
JH