tracing the wiring

[chrisnasah]

Hey,

New to electrics but just wondered my new house has two lights in the extension. The switch turns on one light and not the other. Asked the vendor whether there was an issue. All he says he has never used the other light hence does not know where the wiring goes and whether its via just the one switch.

Any way of tracing this?

Thanks

 

[pjcomp]

Just to clear up the basics - you have checked the bulb, haven't you?

pj

 

[sparkticus]

All he says he has never used the other light hence does not know where the wiring goes and whether its via just the one switch.

"he has never used the other light" does that part of the sentence suggest he thinks there is another switch?

Are these ceiling lights or wall lights? If wall lights are they reading lights?

 

[sparkwright]

It's unbelievable that the vendor can live in a house and not know how the lights switch on.

It makes me wonder if there has been some sort of DIY bodge that never got put right.

Without seeing the place, it's very hard to say what's happened. There may be a switch hidden somewhere, or a faulty connection, or it's not even connected up, or there may even be a switch built into the light fitting (you don't describe the type of light).

It would be worth asking how old is the extension, and who did the wiring.

It would also be good to know if the wiring in the whole house is good or if it needs a bit of re-doing.

 

[securespark]

or it's not even connected up,

A customer who had just moved in wondered why the light was not working so I took a peek...

 

[TheGayOwl]

or it's not even connected up,

A customer who had just moved in wondered why the light was not working so I took a peek...

Now I know you can get decorative lighting but that takes the biscuit!

 

[securespark]

It sure tickled me...

 

[Luckyphil]

or it's not even connected up,

A customer who had just moved in wondered why the light was not working so I took a peek...

Now I know you can get decorative lighting but that takes the biscuit!

seen it before , its that new Wireless wiring , works a Treat !!!

Lucky

 

[sparkticus]

That's one of those new fangled induction lights

 

[cajar]

Uses a lot less energy than conventional lights...

 

[sparkticus]

Uses a lot less energy than conventional lights...

Not sure about that. It seems to be wasting a lot of gravitational energy pulling on that ceiling with virtually zero lumens output

 

[cajar]

Not sure about that. It seems to be wasting a lot of gravitational energy pulling on that ceiling with virtually zero lumens output

How much 'gravitational energy' do you think it's using per day?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Well, I think that looks like a plastic tube in the fitting.

Perhaps they are vacuum operated and so come on when you're cleaning.

 

[sparkticus]

Not sure about that. It seems to be wasting a lot of gravitational energy pulling on that ceiling with virtually zero lumens output

How much 'gravitational energy' do you think it's using per day?

With very suspicious conversions I would say, assuming the thing is about 1Kg then roughly 10 newtons of force (on good old mother earth) which is about 10 watts.

I feel sure I will be savaged by the maths purists for such a hugely rough estimate