Recent content by NoddingDonkey

Afternoon folks, Well, after disconnecting the fan/light in the bathroom (no joy) and then the transformer for the LV spots in the kitchen (no joy either), then changed a couple of switches that were the only non-new ones in the place, it appears the problem is solved. It was the *******...

Point duly noted about the insulation test. A hint of progress; Prompted by Spark123's comments, I have found that the cause of the voltages 'changing' from one day to the next is BULBS (or lack of). The ones that measured upto 45v one day and nothing the next was because they were all...

Hi, Powering EVERYTHING OFF at the main box, = all voltages ZERO ( :) ) Lighting circuit OFF at box, everything else ON = all (light) voltages ZERO ( :) ) Lighting circuit ON at main box, everything else OFF = problem voltages ( :( ) As mentioned earlier, when the lights are switched ON, the...

Er, I can confirm I don't have a landing - it's a bungalow :wink: , so only one loop for the lighting, though I have fed the spotlights off from it. 'Strappers' isn't a term I have come across before, so unfortunately I don't follow that bit, though I can see what you mean about switches having...

HI, (excuse the layman's explanation - I suspect someone will point out my big error before too long!) Measured at the hallway ceiling rose; Phase to earth = 231v Phase to neutral = 231v (and to check closer, neutral to earth = 0.14v) The switched line is 231v when the hall light is...

Afternoon folks, I have a friend with experience of household electrics coming over tomorrow, but to save his time, I have been looking at the problem again today, with more confusing results, mainly that some (not all) of the light sockets now show ZERO volts, whereas yesterday, they showed a...

Yes, there are dimmers in the lounge, I'll start with those.

Thanks for the help guys. Point taken about the inductance issue and it does bug me that something is amiss, somewhere. Would you suggest splitting the loop as I had though about, to narrow down the problem, or is there a better approach? (perhaps disconnecting individual switches, one by one...

Not a hint of illumination from the lights, which is why I haven't panicked! (yet!) INductance? Is that possible with no other circuit on, other than the problem loop itself? If it is, is it something to worry about or not at these figures? Happy New Year BTW :D

All measured from the light sockets, by removing the bulbs. The wiring is all newer than 1987 (when the place was built) bar the spotlights added since by myself. I would normally suspect my own incompetence, but as things seem to be functional otherwise, I hope it is all wired up logically. The...

Hi, A puzzler (for me at least!) The lighting circuit in my bungalow insists on leaving an odd (low) voltage on the positive wire when it is switched OFF. All sockets and other circuits have no problem. When lights are switched OFF, the positive line shows a consistent, but different voltage...