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  1. S

    Bathroom light Pull Switch

    Good afternoon guys! Trying to change this bathroom pull chord light switch in my house as the pull chord has pulled off. When taking the cover of with the 2 screws, there's literally no flex for me to take the wires out... any ideas on what I can do? I've tried to get my fingers in and try...
  2. Richard Cook

    Replacing a pull cord extractor fan with timer extractor fan

    I’m replacing an old 100mm extractor fan in the kitchen with a new one. The old one was a pull cord fan whereas I bought a timer one (no pull cord) thinking I could use the isolator switch (which is directly below the fan) as the on/off switch. The cabling is a 3 core and on the new fan there’s...
  3. B

    Help! - Shower Pull Switch, wires too short!

    Hi, The shower pull chord switch has snapped at my mom’s home and having unscrewed the switch I discovered a horror show(see pic). So I’ve had cut the wires back to clean them up but having done so it’s left me with nothing reasonable to wire up the new switch. There’s nothing left on the...
  4. D

    UK Wire extractor fan to bathroom pull switch

    1964 house old style wiring Need to wire a extractor fan up Is it possible to wire the extractor fan to report switch there's 2 red wires in the pull switch both red. one is a permanent live Can I wire it up to the pull switch some how or do I need to go to the ceiling rose wiring which is in a...
  5. robd

    Chrome pull switch with chain

    Basically as title, but can anyone recommend a good one. So far not seen a good one that I like, fitted a few for customers where you have to attach the chain to the normal string which is rubbish. It's for my own bathroom I want a chrome ceiling fitting and chrome chain as the strings just get...
  6. H

    Regarding cable specification

    A cable specification is like below. -below- LBR: Pull <=1KV(350-600)(SC)(Non-Armor) What does LBR mean? and What does Pull mean? And why in the US are AWG and kcmil mixed? Under the condition of 350-600, which size cable should I buy?
  7. S

    change light pull switch - different wiring inside

    hello the old light pull switch in my bathroom has broken and no longer pulls - i have bought a new one - but it looks different inside. is is just a case of taking the two wires from the old one and connecting them to the new one or is this something more difficult... as no doubt can be...
  8. Jake88

    Replacing pull chord light switch

    Hi all. DIY question. I've gone to replace a broken pull chord light in my bathroom (switching off mains power at MCU and testing before touching with a Voltage Tester Pen). There are 2 exposed red wires from two separate sets of housing, an exposed earth wire and a neutral wire that is...
  9. B

    Can anyone help with my bathroom light pull chord switch?

    I’ve got my P16th edition papers in 2006 so not a total beginner (I’m plumber as my trade tbh) but this pull chord bathroom light is not working and if trips the consumer unit . Basically the old switch broke so I took a photo of the wiring before fitting a new light. And it doesn’t work...
    • Bgy333
    • Thread
    • anyone bathroom bathroom electrics help light pull pull cord switch
    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  10. B

    Solar wired into CU breaker, why should it use the solar power & not pull from the grid?

    Hi, Really just for info. not a problem or anything. (to be honest also wanting to be sure it is taking from solar as much as possible & can you be sure of that?) I assume the new solar meter is actually what is being drawn from the array so is an accurate indications of that. Grid tied 4kw...
  11. Izak568

    How to investigate a circuit if some devices pull too much current?

    Hello, If one device is pulling too much current, what should I do? Thank you
  12. N

    Replacing a 2 way pull cord with 2 way switch

    Hi, I am trying to move my pull cords from the bathroom to a outside switch. I have a pull cord that controls a light and fan together. the wiring is shown in the picture. the 2 wires are live/sw and go into L2, the L1 (I assume is a neutral ?). How do I take this setup and wire into a...
  13. G

    Finding the correct neutral to pull in a DB

    So, I can’t turn off the board, can’t really turn off circuits except the one I am replacing with an RCBO. It’s all singles in trunking no sheaths to trace back to find the appropriate L and CPC, and obviously, nothing is labelled and they definitely aren’t in the correct neutral terminals...
  14. S

    Attach pull cord to LED strip light

    I have a wardrobe with no lights or mains socket in it, I would like to put an LED light strip in there and somehow connect it to a pull cord switch and for power, I’d like to use batteries, probably 4xAA in a battery case which would have a positive and negative wire coming out of the end of...
  15. S

    UK Replacing pull switch - Help!!

    Hi all I am looking to replace the bathroom pull switch with this one I have found on amazon. My pull switch has live, neutral and earth as expected but the replacement wireless switch has OUT as well as you can see in the photo, any thoughts what to do with this wire? Please see attached...
  16. J

    Pull cord Light In Bathroom Help

    I am looking to change my Bathroom Light to motion sensor one. It's switched on by pull cord (intending to remove pull cord part and leave on) I wired it all up and tried it Light stays on .. all the time (see just under the door) but if you go into bathroom and stay still light will go out but...
    • John-S
    • Thread
    • bathroom cord help light pull pull cord
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  17. M

    Pull cord switch for power shower keeps breaking

    Hi All, I hope you are doing well. I keep having the issue with this pull cord switch to the power shower. I used a number of pull cord switches 45A and 50A ones mostly from Screwfix but I think the problem is with the wiring. As you can see on the picture the RED and BLACK twisted copper...
  18. F

    Removing pull cord switch.

    Pull cord switch is no longer used in bathroom, lighting switched on/off by external (to bathroom) fused switch. Would like to remove pull cord switch, can the cable be removed and the previously switched terminals be linked together in the junction box? Thank you
  19. Mike Johnson

    Silent pull cord

    Is there such a thing as a silent pull cord switch, they just seem far too noisy for use in an on-suite.
  20. B

    Mini cooper s r56 turbo wont start unless i pull high pressure fuel pump plug off, 2 wired plug.

    As per title any ideas, car just cut out dead and will not start unless I pull the 2 wire plug off the high pressure pump solenoid. I also get no reading at all on the dianostic fuel pressure check. I have 72 psi when connecting my fuel pressure gauge to the line.
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