electri, I'm all for giving the layman a bit of encouragement on DIY tasks... I'm a self taught plasterer, plumber, chippy and car mechanic... I also fiddled with electrics at times before I was formally trained...
On day 1 of college, the first thing we were shown, before being taught ANYTHING, was videos of electrical accidents. I highly recommend you take a look at some of the youtube videos of people being electrocuted. I'm afraid at times it really can be a matter of life or death... On our course, half of us wondered why we hadn't enrolled for the tiling qualification!
If you really won't call in a pro, you need to show willing to take advice if you want to keep getting advice on here. If you want further help, I highly recommend you pop down to B&Q and pick up a cheap multimeter. Won't cost more than a tenner and you'll be able to turn the power off and (with some instruction) identify the switch wires and get it all connected up properly.
On day 1 of college, the first thing we were shown, before being taught ANYTHING, was videos of electrical accidents. I highly recommend you take a look at some of the youtube videos of people being electrocuted. I'm afraid at times it really can be a matter of life or death... On our course, half of us wondered why we hadn't enrolled for the tiling qualification!
If you really won't call in a pro, you need to show willing to take advice if you want to keep getting advice on here. If you want further help, I highly recommend you pop down to B&Q and pick up a cheap multimeter. Won't cost more than a tenner and you'll be able to turn the power off and (with some instruction) identify the switch wires and get it all connected up properly.
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Geordie blokes don't do that ..... it's a job for Their Lass innit
lass haha I like that, we say "old banger" in Gloucester, perhaps we should start a thread in chit chat about our names we call our Loved ones lmao
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Hiya fatty .. what are ye doing over here??
Looking for my little fat, bald dwarf......... hiya Humpty!!!!...:dita:
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Little fat, bald dwarf ??? ... I'm taller that ye ya daft bint !!!
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As pointed out there's several different wiring schemes for lighting. If you wire it wrong, best case scenario you'll damage the switch worst case you'll do some worse damage to the installation or yourself.
Incorrect wiring can kill, it's just a fact and you should take it seriously. Without test equipment and the knowledge to use it this is not a job you can do safely.
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