Light switch issue

[Sean2293]

As the light is on with or without a switch put the blue and brown wires into one terminal of the switch, fix it up best as you can and tie the cord up so it can't be pulled.
The light will always be on but that's better than not on.

yeah that’s exactly what I’ve done for now it’s all I could do.

I couldn’t put a piece of timber behind the fitting as the pvc ceiling panels are all sealed in place with edging trim.
I’d be afraid I cause any snapped panels and warranty wouldn’t cover anything I break.

i think she did get a certificate in the post a week or so after the work. I’d have to check when I’m next there but won’t be there for a while as I’m trying to limit amount of time I go.

i don’t have a clue who the electrician was that did it as I used a large kitchen and bathroom company that hired their own subcontractors as part of my contract with them.

but due to the size of the business I would have thought they were good but we had absolutely nothing but problems with many many things we could physically see wrong... this is stuff that’s hidden behind.. god knows what else I may find in the future

 

[ipf]

Is the other pull switch fixed securely and what is it for? (shower or fan?) It seems a bit strange, earth wise and a 32amp double pole switch wired in 3 core cable (grey sleeved blue). I'm wondering if the light switch has been badly installed by someone else (no brown sleeving).

 

[westward10]

I think it is a fan pull switch but most of those have earth terminals.

 

[Sean2293]

Is the other pull switch fixed securely and what is it for? (shower or fan?) It seems a bit strange, earth wise and a 32amp double pole switch wired in 3 core cable (grey sleeved blue). I'm wondering if the light switch has been badly installed by someone else (no brown sleeving).

the other switch is for an extractor fan.

no clue why the earth wire is like that it was like that when I opened it up. Which confused me more. It also had a supply side and a load side which is completely different to the light switch so it didn’t help me solve anything.

that switch seems more secure maybe it’s in-line with a stud but I don’t want to unscrew it to find out incase it loosens it more.
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I think it is a fan pull switch but most of those have earth terminals.

I’m not there presently but I seem to think it may have two cables twisted together and rammed into that wago. Maybe it’s earthed somehow like that but can’t remember for sure
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Yesterday I got a really bad electric shock off it though and I swear to god I only touched the earth cable. That’s when I gave up and just put it out of the way safe and stuck it up high out of the way

 

[ipf]

the other switch is for an extractor fan.


Yesterday I got a really bad electric shock off it though and I swear to god I only touched the earth cable. That’s when I gave up and just put it out of the way safe and stuck it up high out of the way

With supply isolated?????

 

[Sean2293]

With supply isolated?????

No I admit I was an idiot at this point I turned it back on to test and my mother started chatting to me about nonsense that didn’t make sense and I lost track of what I was doing f

 

[ipf]

Stay clear. If someone has had a major shock it can be treated as an emergency. Contact the builder and tell him the situation. If things are as his electrician left them he could well be liable and should get there ASAP.
Your mum could have found you on the floor.
Obviously, think of covid isolation.

 

[Sean2293]

Stay clear. If someone has had a major shock it can be treated as an emergency. Contact the builder and tell him the situation. If things are as his electrician left them he could well be liable and should get there ASAP.
Your mum could have found you on the floor.
Obviously, think of covid isolation.

ok I’ll ring them first thing in morning but won’t hold out much hope for them coming out to fix it any time soon. Waited weeks for them to fix a problem when there wasn’t an outbreak previously
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ok I’ll ring them first thing in morning but won’t hold out much hope for them coming out to fix it any time soon. Waited weeks for them to fix a problem when there wasn’t an outbreak previously

what’s a major shock?
ive been shocked a few times in the past but this was worst, knocked me to the floor nearly went through a glass shower screen

 

[telectrix]

ok I’ll ring them first thing in morning but won’t hold out much hope for them coming out to fix it any time soon. Waited weeks for them to fix a problem when there wasn’t an outbreak previously
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what’s a major shock?
ive been shocked a few times in the past but this was worst, knocked me to the floor nearly went through a glass shower screen

is the shower screen OK? .

 

[Sean2293]

is the shower screen OK? .

No as she has a perch stool in front of it that I tripped over and knocked my into a porcelain sink instead that’s unfortunately harder and tougher than me

 

[freddo]

I think it is a fan pull switch but most of those have earth terminals.

The switch seems to have a metal strap linking the screw rivets so it will definitely have an earth terminal. Though the earth wires might not actually be earth if the OP got a shock off of them?!

My other thought, the light switch cable now has a screw in it from when the new switches back box was fitted. the screw has shorted all 3 conductors together, the blue and brown are shorted keeping the light on all the time, the 'earth' wire is also connected to these wires making it live giving the OP a shock when it was touched. The earth wires not connected at fittings may be a sign the earth wires are not continuous back to the main earth terminal, so no protective device has operated. Or the now damaged switch cable has a severed earth wire, but this is probably unlikely.
That's my armchair diagnosis anyway!

I would strongly advise calling the electrician in and not touching it again as it may be unsafe. Please do let us know what the outcome/fault is/was!