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Hi all,
any help here is appreciated very much. I've been doing electrical work for a woman and her sister asked if I could fix a lighting problem for her.
Problem that she had was a water tank in her loft began to leak and came through the light in the bedroom. Light was working fine until this happened to her. The insurance company paid out and got a subby in to do up the room, although the lighting was not messed with (so she thinks anyway). I went along to take a look at it today to try and fix the problem, even though it has been a few years since I last done any work on lighting.
The problem I came across is that when the light switch is pressed the light still stays on! I opened up the switch to see if that was the problem with it, tested the wiring and found that both wires in the switch are live. (one red and one black) I tried to trace the wires in her loft but with no luck as its full of junk.
I tested the wires at the cealing and it has two red wires joined in a block, two black wires in seperate blocks and two earths joined together in a block.
the two reds are live, one black is live. I checked the switch at the top of her stairs and this works perfectly although to my astonishment it has a black wire that is covered in red tape, i removed the tape and the wire is actually live, within this switch their is a red wire also cut and live. the switch has a blue and yellow wire in L1 and L2 respectively and a black in the common. the blue i am certain comes from the downstairs switch, yellow i am unsure of. their is also another two red wires running behind the switch joined in a block.
anyone able to help as to why the switch in the room has two live wires and thus stopping the light being switched off? would it be to do with the wires and block at the cealing not being wired correctly? also any help with the switch with the multiple wires?
no wonder i normally stick to sockets and consumer units!
any help here is appreciated very much. I've been doing electrical work for a woman and her sister asked if I could fix a lighting problem for her.
Problem that she had was a water tank in her loft began to leak and came through the light in the bedroom. Light was working fine until this happened to her. The insurance company paid out and got a subby in to do up the room, although the lighting was not messed with (so she thinks anyway). I went along to take a look at it today to try and fix the problem, even though it has been a few years since I last done any work on lighting.
The problem I came across is that when the light switch is pressed the light still stays on! I opened up the switch to see if that was the problem with it, tested the wiring and found that both wires in the switch are live. (one red and one black) I tried to trace the wires in her loft but with no luck as its full of junk.
I tested the wires at the cealing and it has two red wires joined in a block, two black wires in seperate blocks and two earths joined together in a block.
the two reds are live, one black is live. I checked the switch at the top of her stairs and this works perfectly although to my astonishment it has a black wire that is covered in red tape, i removed the tape and the wire is actually live, within this switch their is a red wire also cut and live. the switch has a blue and yellow wire in L1 and L2 respectively and a black in the common. the blue i am certain comes from the downstairs switch, yellow i am unsure of. their is also another two red wires running behind the switch joined in a block.
anyone able to help as to why the switch in the room has two live wires and thus stopping the light being switched off? would it be to do with the wires and block at the cealing not being wired correctly? also any help with the switch with the multiple wires?
no wonder i normally stick to sockets and consumer units!
