Recent content by Anthony Butler

floorboards up. sorted lol, could see exactly where the cables went, and sorted in minutes :) learnt a hard lesson, if theres 2 or 3 way switches, leave the danglies in place

i so wish i could turn back time , and take a photo, :( i guess my problem is,to  identify  the 3 cores that go the 2nd light,  and to find the switch wire  easier said than done  could pull floorboards up, but seems a bit extreme  :innocent

You say that the smoke alarm cable is trunked can you follow it and see where it joins into the light circuit? Is it at the light in question?  YES You say that the light at the end of the loop will not switch off and has three cables? Lights at the end generally have two cables, is this where...

or can someone post a link to a cheapy that i can buy from toolstation, maplins or screwfix that will do the job many thanks

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Electrical/d190/Electrical+Test+Equipment/sd3348/Digital+Clamp+Tester/p61650 or this 1 

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grr cant post links :( DESCRIPTIONPocket sized. Measures DC & AC voltage, DC current, resistance, diodes & transistor life. will this do the job ?

ok so separate all the reds, and try to figure which one goes to that light, then put that with the switch, put the other 3 reds together to make permanent live circuit and then put the remaining 3 blacks together, in the other side, and hopefully away we go. :) could this be whats live ing...

ok, have turned off all lights at switches, and still showing 2 blacks as live,  and if i seperate the reds, then only 1 of the 4 is live, which i guess is the loop in, dont know if this makes any difference, but the light that wont switch off is at the end of the loop i guess, as it only has 3...

why are 2 blacks showing as live ? thats whats baffling me

yes will have to get 1 tomorrow, but as i test them with my trusty light up screwdriver, i have located the switch live, which leaves 3 blacks, 2 are live and 1 is dead

the smoke detectors are trunked and easy to see. still have 4 twin n earth cables coming in,  so how would you wire this ? all 4 reds together ? like all the other ceiling roses,  and how to split the 4 blacks ? , in the dark at the moment, lol ok with all the reds together, and the blacks...

hmmm, didnt think of that, got 3 switches to go and check, :) ok, just removed the 3 sockets, they have light blue and yellow wires, and the live red wire is looped together in a chock block

hi guys, hope someone can help me out here, just got a new house, with old dangly lighting,have swapped most of them with no problems,  but got to the last 1, and surprise surprise, didn't take a picture of the wires, nothing is marked, and in a right state now, ok it has 4  twin and earth...