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Not so many whales around theses days. Makes the oil a bit more expensive
Knocking out a partition between a bathroom and separate toilet I came across an odd (to me) wiring setup so just wanted to check if it's actually odd or common.
I'm familiar with a shaver socket being wired into the loop of the ceiling rose but in this house the light circuits loop at the switch. So the setup had the shaver socket connected directly to the light switch and the light fitting coming off the socket (ie if you don't turn the light on you can't shave)
I'm familiar with a shaver socket being wired into the loop of the ceiling rose but in this house the light circuits loop at the switch. So the setup had the shaver socket connected directly to the light switch and the light fitting coming off the socket (ie if you don't turn the light on you can't shave)
Hahahaha thanks for confirming! Must admit I do let out a giggle every time I uncover electrics in this place. It's as if some has deliberately done the worst installation possible ???
Today's curiosity:
Looking to wire for staircase LEDs. As a reminder, this house has live/earth looped at the switch and neutral looped at the light fittings. Downstairs hallway switch controls the downstairs hallway light (1-way) and upstairs landing light (2-way). Looking behind the switch I have managed to track most but two things have me confused:
1) I note L2 (and L1) is wired in for the downstairs switch (ie 2-way). Now I've searched high and low and there is no second switch but given the house had a major extension, it's possible it was originally a 2-way. Would it also be possible that when the potential second switch was removed, the sparky just connected the L1 and L2 wires together and buried it somewhere so that effectively it has reverted to a one way switch (but would require me to keep the L2 and L1 wired in?
2) A cable is coming into the downstairs switch with two live and one earth. I get one live and earth continues the loop but have no idea what the intention would be for the second live (both connected to COM)
All quite standard on the upstairs landing switch, also a combination of 2-way (landing light) and 1-way (loft light) with landing light fed off the downstairs radial and the loft from the upstairs as per below
A final point on this is with regards to neutral. I know aside from issues with regards to interference with this running independently, there is risk that the upstairs light is live from the downstairs circuit and neutral from the upstairs. Is there a multimeter test I can carry out to determine this?
With regards to what I am actually trying to achieve, I will be changing the downstairs 2-gang switch to a 3-gang and introducing a new switch at the top of the stairs i.e. the stair lights can be controlled from either the top or bottom. From a live/earth perspective it's relatively straight forward. From a neutral perspective, there is no obvious neutral near the top stair switch, can I take a feed from any neutral point on the ground floor circuit? (will keep on ground floor circuit to marry up with landing light treated the same)
Apologies for long post!
Looking to wire for staircase LEDs. As a reminder, this house has live/earth looped at the switch and neutral looped at the light fittings. Downstairs hallway switch controls the downstairs hallway light (1-way) and upstairs landing light (2-way). Looking behind the switch I have managed to track most but two things have me confused:
1) I note L2 (and L1) is wired in for the downstairs switch (ie 2-way). Now I've searched high and low and there is no second switch but given the house had a major extension, it's possible it was originally a 2-way. Would it also be possible that when the potential second switch was removed, the sparky just connected the L1 and L2 wires together and buried it somewhere so that effectively it has reverted to a one way switch (but would require me to keep the L2 and L1 wired in?
2) A cable is coming into the downstairs switch with two live and one earth. I get one live and earth continues the loop but have no idea what the intention would be for the second live (both connected to COM)
All quite standard on the upstairs landing switch, also a combination of 2-way (landing light) and 1-way (loft light) with landing light fed off the downstairs radial and the loft from the upstairs as per below
A final point on this is with regards to neutral. I know aside from issues with regards to interference with this running independently, there is risk that the upstairs light is live from the downstairs circuit and neutral from the upstairs. Is there a multimeter test I can carry out to determine this?
With regards to what I am actually trying to achieve, I will be changing the downstairs 2-gang switch to a 3-gang and introducing a new switch at the top of the stairs i.e. the stair lights can be controlled from either the top or bottom. From a live/earth perspective it's relatively straight forward. From a neutral perspective, there is no obvious neutral near the top stair switch, can I take a feed from any neutral point on the ground floor circuit? (will keep on ground floor circuit to marry up with landing light treated the same)
Apologies for long post!
Ignore (1) ... I finally found the other 2-way switch but obviously wasn't meant to as for some bizarre reason it had been boxed in.
Anyway. please have a look at the above, I guess for me the most pertinent point is ...as long as it's the same circuit, am I right in thinking it doesn't really matter where I find a neutral to wire to?
Anyway. please have a look at the above, I guess for me the most pertinent point is ...as long as it's the same circuit, am I right in thinking it doesn't really matter where I find a neutral to wire to?
Been a while since I've been able to add to this thread (thankfully).
Ripping out a partition in a downstairs toilet and reminded why I like to do it myself... Slowly
Was not expecting the inside of the door frame to be used as a route, nor for the partition frame to be butchered for access. Maybe it's within regs but my guess is it's another sign that the "builder" was also the "electrician"
Ripping out a partition in a downstairs toilet and reminded why I like to do it myself... Slowly
Was not expecting the inside of the door frame to be used as a route, nor for the partition frame to be butchered for access. Maybe it's within regs but my guess is it's another sign that the "builder" was also the "electrician"
Yup. I just can't get the logic. Who would do that and thinks it is the best place.
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