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  1. M

    Light switch wiring

    I have a confusing wiring. It's a 70s council house. Hall way has two switches one single , one double. The double and single switch the hallway light, however in both switches there are three wires red yellow blue. This two way switching works fine. The double switch in hallway also...
  2. happysteve

    Landing lights...

    (... no, not the ones on runways...) Someone said that in the trainee section "there's no such thing as a stupid question," and so I will test the limits of this hypothesis... :) In all the houses I've lived in, where there are two circuits for lights, the landing light (at the top of the...
  3. 7

    *help please*2 way switching landing lighting

    hello there happy new year and all that! please help me I currently have a job where a customer has tried changing 2 lights, up and downstairs landing lights. I got called due to the lights will no longer switch on. The up and down lights are on the same MCB x2 1g 2way. I seem to be able to get...
  4. N

    Two gang two way wiring not working properly

    I am testing a property that has the following problem - There are three switches, one two gang two way at the bottom of the stairs (call it hall) - controlling hall with one, landing other One two gang two way at the top of the stairs (landing), controlling hall with one landing with the...
  5. P

    Landing Light

    think i'll delete this thread i can feel a backlash coming!!
  6. N

    3C&E at ceiling rose.

    Hi All I've been to do it second fix at the house where the 1st fix has already been done, all cable runs are visible so I've no problem completing it. 1st fix was done about 2 years ago, it's an unlived in project, the electrician at the time has wired 2 way switches for the hall and landing...
  7. A

    Kitchen on Stairs Landing???

    Can anyone give me any guidance on this please? I started a rewire on Monday on a four storey house house. Today, the client said that on the top floor landing, she wants to put a small kitchen set up, for use by two lodgers. On the top floor there are two bedrooms and a bathroom. The issue...
  8. K

    Emergency lighting and smoke alarms in a shared house

    Hi there, Iam new to this so please bare with me. Iam just about to start a full rewire. The property is a 6 bed, three storey house, which the owner is turning into shared living. 6 bedrooms with a communal lounge, bathroom and kitchen. Iam not sure if I need to fit smoke detectors in each...
  9. Y

    Extra two way switch

    Hi Chaps Thanx to everyone who sorted me out with the last query . on to the next. I have been asked to install a second two way switch in friends hall way. The existing switch is just inside the front door and controls the hall and landing lights as normal , what she would like is a secondary...
  10. D

    No shared nutural, But downstairs landing light on downstairs circuit

    I have just changed a DB and checked for the obiuos shared nutural.. Just to realise that the landing light is wired into the downstairs circuit Is this ok or do the regs prohibit this ?
  11. O

    2 Lighting circuits sharing same 6amp MCB

    Looked at a job today and noticed 2 red line cables in one 6amp MCB which was marked up as Lights. The place is a small purpose built flat with a couple of lights in the entrance hall with stairs going up to the living area and the rest of the lights. The two way switch in the hall operates the...
  12. M

    Replacing Landing Switch - need some help please

    Hi I hope someone can help. Im trying to replace my landing light switch. The wires I have are two red, two black and one brown. The landing switch works on its own and can also be turned on and off in the hall downstairs. I have wired the new switch, a 1 gang 2 way the same as my old switch...
  13. D

    Anyone work this one out.

    Went to a quick job the other day where the customer had tried to replace the hallway and landing light switches with chrome accessories and failed dismally. I was called in expecting a nice simple job but i was thoroughly confused by what i was met with. The hallway and landing lights were...
  14. M

    Just after a sounding board really

    Got a consumer unit and the cable run, as you may be aware from other posts, was into the wall cavity and then re-established into the building under the landing upstairs. CU change and re-wiring in progress and I'm keeping the CU position the same, but due to new regs, the cable has to be...
  15. B

    Problem with 2 way landing whilst replace consumer unit

    I have just fitted a Dual RCD split board consumer unit to an existing installation. I wired the upstairs lights to one side and the downstairs lights to the other but when the landing light was switched on the RCD tripped so I looked inside the switches and the feed to the downstairs switch was...
  16. C

    Additional Smoke Alarm

    Adding to a thread I started a while ago. A customer has asked me to install an additional alarm at the request of her building control as she is renting out her house. The extra alarm is to be on the 1st floor. She already has an interlinked system from ground floor, connecting to landing...
  17. N

    Mystery Voltage!!

    Evening Everyone, Got a problem with a mystery voltage showing on a domestic lighting circuit. Job initially started as a CCU change 1970s house old rewirable board with only 5 ways. Upstairs and downstairs were on same fuse both wired in 1.5 T&E so after installing new 17th dual RCd board...
  18. B

    Hallway and landing wiring

    Hi guys, Im having a blonde moment. Im on a re-wire at the mo and the customer wants 2 way lighting for hall way and landing lights both ways. So will I need 2 3-core and earth cables between the switches? So basically its one light switch to do downstairs and then one to two way upstairs, then...
  19. L

    Best way to run a single neutral in a domestic property?

    Guys I've come accross A borrowed neutral in the upstairs/downstairs lighting circuits in a property where I'm fitting a nw dual rcd board. It's the usual landing light job, feed from downstairs circuit, Neutral borrowed from upstairs circuit, I need to run a seperate neutral from the...
  20. J

    landing light

    Hello all, i went to a job today and the landing light was flashing on slightly, approx every 20 secs or so, (by the way, this was when the light was off), it had a low energy bulb in. This doesn't happen when an incandescent bulb is fitted. Any ideas what is causing it? A friend has told me it...

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