So I was doing some work at my sisters house and one of the jobs she wanted was her lights looking at, i looked at them and quite honestly thought if I start touching these i'm going to end up rewiring the lighting circuit. I'm newly qualified and happy to put my hands up if something is looking like I may be out of my depth but basically, you had light switches in the kitchen turning the living room lights on, when you turn a different light on in the kitchen then one of the two kitchen light fittings would dim and a separate light would turn off it was just all over the place.
Long story short I said to get a more experienced sparks round to have a look but if she could let me know what the issue was I'd be interested in knowing, she came back to me today and said that he said it was what is known as Octupus wiring and is his pet hate and was a common way of doing things back around the 60's.
Could someone just explain a bit more what octopus wiring actually is and any pro's con's?
Many thanks
Long story short I said to get a more experienced sparks round to have a look but if she could let me know what the issue was I'd be interested in knowing, she came back to me today and said that he said it was what is known as Octupus wiring and is his pet hate and was a common way of doing things back around the 60's.
Could someone just explain a bit more what octopus wiring actually is and any pro's con's?
Many thanks
