Looks like it - although sometimes the wire end snaps inside the insulation.
Does any wire feel extra bendy on the end?
Does any wire feel extra bendy on the end?
2 way switch on stud wall (image included)
- Thread starter Tom079555
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Hopefully you haven't screwed through the 3 core by mistake
It sounds like a strapper is not working.
Could be a fracture inside the insulation.
Could be wired wrongly or not present.
Could be a faulty switch.
If it has always acted in this way to the best of your knowledge it could have been incorrect in the first place.
A conductor might be missing completely.
It needs testing and drawing out if you are capable of doing that safely.
Could be a fracture inside the insulation.
Could be wired wrongly or not present.
Could be a faulty switch.
If it has always acted in this way to the best of your knowledge it could have been incorrect in the first place.
A conductor might be missing completely.
It needs testing and drawing out if you are capable of doing that safely.
No I had this the once, the carpenter had put a screw through the cable, it broke just the black...
Replace the switch, if no joy bell out the 3 core.
@Tom079555 When at the shop getting another switch, also buy a cheap multimeter. You can't do electrical work without one.
What will that prove?
errrrr... it's called faultfinding and a good first step to help talk a DIYer through the problem.
At the moment buying a switch has been suggested without knowing which switch - or for that matter even if - switch is faulty: the classic autofitter mentality of changing things willy nilly until something changes.
Even OP is not convinced.
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But the light works - so it's bound to light when those two wires are connected.
I told him to buy a meter.
I knew it
There was a possibility it didn't light, hence my start into faultfinding, which may haveremoved the need to go out and buy a replacement.
Sound advice
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