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<blockquote data-quote="phil d" data-source="post: 449054" data-attributes="member: 27126"><p>QuietLeni, it's virtually impossible to tell someone how to fault find over the internet, yes we could tell you how to find the switch wire on a 3 plate lighting circuit, we could tell you how to test for ring continuity, it's basic stuff, however fault finding requires experience and knowledge that can't be imparted in a few minutes, it takes years. You could have an amateur with the latest most expensive test meter, or an experienced electrician with an older more basic meter, the electrician will find the fault first, it's who is "driving" the meter that matters,</p><p></p><p>Put it another way, I'm a police trained advanced driver, in an older slower car I can easily outdrive a youngster in a fancy new Audi, yes he may lose me on a straight road,but I'll be all over him like a rash when we hit the bends,why? Because at the end of the day, I'm the trained driver, he isn't!</p><p></p><p>You've been badly let down by one so called "electrician" don't let it put you off, there are loads of decent sparks about, if you are worried about getting another in, ask if he works on results, if he doesn't fix the problem, then you don't pay him, if he's any good he'll accept those terms.</p><p></p><p>You could spend hours poking around in the "dark" and eventually you may blindly "stumble" upon the problem, the trouble is if you don't know what could be causing in then you could wander on by and miss it completely.</p><p></p><p>Please for your safety and sanity, get a decent spark in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phil d, post: 449054, member: 27126"] QuietLeni, it's virtually impossible to tell someone how to fault find over the internet, yes we could tell you how to find the switch wire on a 3 plate lighting circuit, we could tell you how to test for ring continuity, it's basic stuff, however fault finding requires experience and knowledge that can't be imparted in a few minutes, it takes years. You could have an amateur with the latest most expensive test meter, or an experienced electrician with an older more basic meter, the electrician will find the fault first, it's who is "driving" the meter that matters, Put it another way, I'm a police trained advanced driver, in an older slower car I can easily outdrive a youngster in a fancy new Audi, yes he may lose me on a straight road,but I'll be all over him like a rash when we hit the bends,why? Because at the end of the day, I'm the trained driver, he isn't! You've been badly let down by one so called "electrician" don't let it put you off, there are loads of decent sparks about, if you are worried about getting another in, ask if he works on results, if he doesn't fix the problem, then you don't pay him, if he's any good he'll accept those terms. You could spend hours poking around in the "dark" and eventually you may blindly "stumble" upon the problem, the trouble is if you don't know what could be causing in then you could wander on by and miss it completely. Please for your safety and sanity, get a decent spark in. [/QUOTE]
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