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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
 
i read it as it wasn't the test leads that were broke but one of the cores in the lighting circuit.

The test meter was registering continuity through the broken core however it wasn't continuous.

Thus broken meter, and broken circuit.

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ok. I have had broken cores in a brand new cable too. Sounds unbelievable but it does happen. Bit of a head scratcher at the time but break down the circuit and test and fault found. Bit strange cable giving continuity on a broken core though. Especially as the circuit WORKED WHEN PUT ON ANOTHER SWITCH!
 
Dunno about you guys, but I use a Fluke T5-1000 with built in clamp meter for general belling out, voltage testing ect...

The FIRST thing I do is switch it on, and select the required function - Voltage/ current/ continuity.

The SECOND thing i do if checking for continuity is join the bloody leads together to check it works! FFS 4 sparks couldn't get that right?

What's that funny smell?
 
9 pages on a poxy domestic lighting fault - awesome lol.
only 2 pages short of the epic "9.5kw shower on 6mm" thread.
anyone else feel a tad embarassed that this fault wasnt nailed within 2 pages lol.
 
It was 2nd fixed incorrectly and let that be the end of it

Hopefully you have learnt two things from this

1. How to 2nd fix 2 way lighting

2. Not to come on here asking how to work out a fault that was never there and become abusive when you get sussed and your pantys pulled down


I have been using fluke testers identical to that for 10yrs, never let me down once why......... Because they are used correctly
 

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