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<blockquote data-quote="Wdk" data-source="post: 482747" data-attributes="member: 31515"><p>Hi all, </p><p></p><p>to say upfront I am no professional and am very happy if the advice is “call an electrician”.</p><p></p><p>so here goes...I have some outdoor lights that currently don’t work. They are supplied by a mains box in the garage with 2 fuses - a trip switch and a 13amp one. </p><p></p><p>The light switch in the garage has 3 switches. Garage lights (far left switch), outdoor lights on wall, out door lights in decking. The garage lights work fine.</p><p></p><p>the outside ones don’t. The wiring looks like a like comes into command (middle) then linked to another command (far right), the lights then go into l1 on each and the neutrals are all connected.</p><p></p><p>i have tried just connecting the outdoor wall lights and taking out the decking...didn’t work. I have switched the fuses in the box. I have also tried rewiring outdoor lights to the live that I know works...still nothing.</p><p></p><p>any other basic checks to do, apart from try to check the cable is still intact. I have a voltage pen on the way to see if that shows anything. </p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wdk, post: 482747, member: 31515"] Hi all, to say upfront I am no professional and am very happy if the advice is “call an electrician”. so here goes...I have some outdoor lights that currently don’t work. They are supplied by a mains box in the garage with 2 fuses - a trip switch and a 13amp one. The light switch in the garage has 3 switches. Garage lights (far left switch), outdoor lights on wall, out door lights in decking. The garage lights work fine. the outside ones don’t. The wiring looks like a like comes into command (middle) then linked to another command (far right), the lights then go into l1 on each and the neutrals are all connected. i have tried just connecting the outdoor wall lights and taking out the decking...didn’t work. I have switched the fuses in the box. I have also tried rewiring outdoor lights to the live that I know works...still nothing. any other basic checks to do, apart from try to check the cable is still intact. I have a voltage pen on the way to see if that shows anything. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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