Hi all,
Hoping for some advice, I ran a cable to some light fittings some time ago during refurb of my place. I've now gone (2 yrs later) to connect that light fitting... and nothing. Dead.
I wired my place all myself, then had a spark come and sign it off. All connected circuits passed with flying colours. FYI, as that circuit was not connected it was not tested.
I've rewired, reframed, plastered and fitted cornice. All of which might have brought the chance of a screw or some other damage hitting the cable after it was run.
The live feeds through the house run to all the light switches, in this case a 4-gang dimmer. Two of the gangs are connected and running. So the live feed is fine.
Then from the switch this particular run of 1.5 T&E heads up a wall, across a section of ceiling then behind the cornice to a wall light. I ran a 9v battery on the pos only then back to the battery via my multimeter with a long cable to check continuity. I then did the earth and the neg separately the same way. The earth and the neg test ok. The live is dead.
This cable must have a break somewhere, or taken a screw hit.
When I connected the switch and the light, the breaker/RCD doesn't trip
so if it is a screw it's broken the live and not disturbed the Earth or Neg. Which is a bit weird.
So hoping to get some tips. Especially to avoid making a load of holes in my lovely cornice.
Thanks in advance.
Greg
Hoping for some advice, I ran a cable to some light fittings some time ago during refurb of my place. I've now gone (2 yrs later) to connect that light fitting... and nothing. Dead.
I wired my place all myself, then had a spark come and sign it off. All connected circuits passed with flying colours. FYI, as that circuit was not connected it was not tested.
I've rewired, reframed, plastered and fitted cornice. All of which might have brought the chance of a screw or some other damage hitting the cable after it was run.
The live feeds through the house run to all the light switches, in this case a 4-gang dimmer. Two of the gangs are connected and running. So the live feed is fine.
Then from the switch this particular run of 1.5 T&E heads up a wall, across a section of ceiling then behind the cornice to a wall light. I ran a 9v battery on the pos only then back to the battery via my multimeter with a long cable to check continuity. I then did the earth and the neg separately the same way. The earth and the neg test ok. The live is dead.
This cable must have a break somewhere, or taken a screw hit.
When I connected the switch and the light, the breaker/RCD doesn't trip
so if it is a screw it's broken the live and not disturbed the Earth or Neg. Which is a bit weird.
So hoping to get some tips. Especially to avoid making a load of holes in my lovely cornice.
Thanks in advance.
Greg
