upstairs | Page 6

upstairs

Recent contents View information Top users
  1. G

    Whats going on with this lighting circuit

    Downstairs ceiling rose Upstairs ceiling rose upstairs lightswitch wiring downstairs lightswitch left side work the downstairs light fine. Rightside should switch on upstairs light. Red common on left side was bridge across to the right . I have now ran 3 core and earth to upstairs and...
  2. telectrix

    No RCD

    try and make this as brief as poss. customer wants 4 extras sockets and 6 downlighters in bedroom. prob is, his CU is an old wylex 3036 8 way ,no RCD, and is going to be relocated and replaced when he has an extension built. it's in the back of a kitchen cupboard virtually impossible to work on...
  3. C

    Shower on upstairs light circuit ???

    Just ripping apart our ensuite was thinking about putting a new shower in. The shower that is in now runs of the upstairs lighting ciruit and has a switched fuse on the outside of the ensuite is this right??? I though showers were meant to have their own breaker.... I know the switched fuse...
  4. S

    Urgent - rcbo tripping

    I have just replaced mcb's with RCBO's on upstairs and downstairs light circuits to cover work on bathroom lights and fan. All work ok and tested ok etc. However, customer just phoned to say when they switch on landing light both RCBO's trip. What could be causing this. Is it to do with the 2...
  5. J

    Conduits, singles and concrete floors

    Evening all. Next door neighbours' son has just bought a house and I've just been down for a look at the electrics for him. The house is a 1950's terrace with concrete floors both upstairs and down! Chap wanted, amongst other things, a lot of surface mount switches and sockets sinking into the...
  6. Y

    heating controls

    hey all, not got much experience with domestic heating, but just wondering if there is such thing as a two way thermostat, as the house im working in is so big and they complaining the bills to high!! anyone know if theres such a thing????????????????????????????
  7. G

    simple light switch query

    Hello I have redecorated and am trying to replace an old Light switch. It is older Blk and red wiring. This is the way it works. At the bottom of the stairs i have a double 2 way switch which operates both upstairs and down. At the top i have a Single switch which only operates the upstairs...
  8. W

    dommestic smoke alarms

    HI all, I was just wondering i have two smoke alarms to fit one upstairs one downstairs wich one would you fit downstairs optical or inonisation its a domestic premmises im re wiring i should really know the answer on this one as i have done loads of these im just having a blonde moment...
  9. R

    Original and strange ring main readings RCD Tripping

    Need some guidance from the wise old forum please Have a issue with a rcd tripping,Thought I had issue with original marked downstairs ring so did continuity end to end at CU all ok after I did R2 cpc ,all ok whole house lights and everything,good values for cpc so that was ok .Did Cross...
  10. G

    Upstairs lights keep tripping - help required

    Right boys, I'm posting on behalf of a friend who's having problems with his upstairs lights tripping out. The problem is in the wiring for three rooms lighting upstairs, and the hallway light which is on a two way switch so you can turn it on and off from both upstiars and downstairs. It...
  11. D

    Fun with smoke alarms

    Dear all, I'm after a bit of advice, I have just discovered that the mains powered smoke alarms have been connected to a dead circuit (since I moved in) and are just running off batteries, confusingly, the breaker marked 'smoke alarms' is the breaker for the upstairs lights, I have tried tracing...
  12. J

    IR on upstairs lighting

    Hi people! Right just done a CU swap, tested all circuits and ok, did the IR L-E, N-E on the upstairs lights and got the reading of 0.29MOhms and 0.24. Have got no idea on where to start looking for faults or disconnecting? Should i be taking bulbs out? transformers for downlighters in...
  13. K

    Separation of circuits

    I've got my Elesca assessment on a week on Monday, I was going to do my cu at home, but when I looked at it the upstairs and downstairs sockets are all on the same circuit. I can get to one of the legs and separate it but the other one is in a room that has only just been re-decorated...
  14. R

    Upstairs / Downstairs Lighting Question

    Hi Apologies if this has been discussed before but was unable to find a thread relating to this. I'm currently re wiring my house and have a dilema regarding the upstairs landing / downstairs hall lights. The plan is to have a 2way/2 gang switch at the top of the stairs and another at the...
  15. B

    Rcd Bathroom lighting?

    Whats the best method to install new downlights and illuminated mirror and comply with the 17th, no rcd protection on the board, can upstairs lighting mcb be changed for a rcbo and run off this? or put in local rcd spur. Cheers
  16. S

    "Sporadic" upstairs lights

    Hi, I'm not actually an electrician but was after some advice please, apologies too if my question has already been covered. All our upstairs lights stopped working last Sunday and have been sporadic ever since. At the time I checked our consumer unit (a Memera 2000), but all the MCBs were...
  17. M

    TT system rcd question fairly urgent

    ok, first things first, happy new year to all members:) now on to the problem, i live in a rented house and my landlord has asked me to do some remedial work for him after a recent report came back as unsatisfactory. 1 of the 'snags' was that the db which is installed in a tt system has only...
  18. S

    rcd tripping on landing light!!

    hi all, first of all ive just got in from work, had they day from hell and im shattered! did a consumer unit change, test and a couple of minors works all on same job, as well as having to repair a pipe that was not supposed to be wear i was clipping (fecking plumbers!) they never heard of...
  19. S

    RCBO required?

    Hi........iv just completed a re-wire which is going to be signed off by another electrician because im only a 3rd year apprentice. I installed a 11 way split load consumer unit with the RCD and a main switch. The other electrician has told me the consumer unit needs a RCBO. Could someone...
  20. M

    how do you find out which wire is which in lighting circuits?

    greetings is there a device out there that can identify which wire is which in 2 way circuits? for example, if your lamp outside is controlled by a 2 way switch upstairs and downstairs, and you want to know which wire upstairs and downstairs is L1. Is a continuity tester suitable for this...

OFFICIAL SPONSORS

Electrical Goods - Electrical Tools - Brand Names Electrician Courses Green Electrical Goods PCB Way Electrical Goods - Electrical Tools - Brand Names Pushfit Wire Connectors Electric Underfloor Heating Electrician Courses
These Official Forum Sponsors May Provide Discounts to Regular Forum Members - If you would like to sponsor us then CLICK HERE and post a thread with who you are, and we'll send you some stats etc

YOUR Unread Posts

This website was designed, optimised and is hosted by untold.media Operating under the name Untold Media since 2001.
Back
Top