Hi all
I am currently working at a mate's new home - (primarily) decorating.
He hasn't moved in yet but is getting "pressure" about that house not being finished yet.
One day I turned up stoopdily early, too early to make noise and decided to remove the old plastic 2 way, 2 gang light switch in the ground floor hallway with the new metal one. I faithfully wired in the L1, L2 and com on either side of the switch. Additionally I ran a new sleeved earth from the face plate to the back box.
The switch functioned as it should for 5 days, controlling the ground floor hallway light and the first floor hallway light. Over the weekend the electricians turned up to replace the remaining light switches and sockets with the new metal ones. They replaced the old 2 gang, 2 way switch on the first floor.
I turned up on Monday and discovered that the only lights working were the downstairs lights and the upstairs hall light (the latter had been on constantly for 2 days). None of the bedroom lights on the first floor would turn on.
The electricians had left masking tape over the metal 2 gang switch that they swapped over upstairs. Presumably to stop anyone using the switch.
Absent mindedly, when I left on monday, I went to turn the lights off as I exited. I noticed that the left hand side of the double rocker switch (which I fitted 5 days ago) no longer engages- you push it and it doesn't click in to place. I then pressed the right hand side which controls the first floor hallway light, it tripped the lighting MCB.
There are two MCBs the upstairs MCB is currently turned off since they left and will not stay open. The ground floor MCB was open until I tried to turn off the first floor light.
My gut instinct is that they wired the first floor 2 gang switch incorrectly, inadvertently mixing the wires for the ground and first floor. I have no idea if they are blaming me for the fact that the downstairs rocker switch doesn't "rock" anymore but they have known my friend for longer than I have.
Nevertheless, if anyone does point the proverbial finger at me, is there any conceivable way that my replacing the switch on the ground floor could, 5 days later, cause a problem with the switch that they replaced upstairs?
Thanks in advance.
I am currently working at a mate's new home - (primarily) decorating.
He hasn't moved in yet but is getting "pressure" about that house not being finished yet.
One day I turned up stoopdily early, too early to make noise and decided to remove the old plastic 2 way, 2 gang light switch in the ground floor hallway with the new metal one. I faithfully wired in the L1, L2 and com on either side of the switch. Additionally I ran a new sleeved earth from the face plate to the back box.
The switch functioned as it should for 5 days, controlling the ground floor hallway light and the first floor hallway light. Over the weekend the electricians turned up to replace the remaining light switches and sockets with the new metal ones. They replaced the old 2 gang, 2 way switch on the first floor.
I turned up on Monday and discovered that the only lights working were the downstairs lights and the upstairs hall light (the latter had been on constantly for 2 days). None of the bedroom lights on the first floor would turn on.
The electricians had left masking tape over the metal 2 gang switch that they swapped over upstairs. Presumably to stop anyone using the switch.
Absent mindedly, when I left on monday, I went to turn the lights off as I exited. I noticed that the left hand side of the double rocker switch (which I fitted 5 days ago) no longer engages- you push it and it doesn't click in to place. I then pressed the right hand side which controls the first floor hallway light, it tripped the lighting MCB.
There are two MCBs the upstairs MCB is currently turned off since they left and will not stay open. The ground floor MCB was open until I tried to turn off the first floor light.
My gut instinct is that they wired the first floor 2 gang switch incorrectly, inadvertently mixing the wires for the ground and first floor. I have no idea if they are blaming me for the fact that the downstairs rocker switch doesn't "rock" anymore but they have known my friend for longer than I have.
Nevertheless, if anyone does point the proverbial finger at me, is there any conceivable way that my replacing the switch on the ground floor could, 5 days later, cause a problem with the switch that they replaced upstairs?
Thanks in advance.