Recent content by deltafart

Not wishing to blatently sit on the fence here given the thread discussion it was actually a combination of all i.e. I blocked the cables as per your suggestion which allowed definate identity of the cables plus noting 1John & Holmslaw mentioning about the second light red going into the swith...

Gents, Can I thank each of you very much for your help in solving this problem. Taking your time to explain how to fix this is really appreciated... if any of you are ever in this neck of the woods (Bala) I'll gladly stand you a beer :D All the best Rob

Gents I really appreciate your responses, and at the risk of sounding thick! I need to get my head around the guidance tomorrow morning if that's okay? (I've got 3 kids under 6 years running riot now) I will follow the logic with laptop by my side as I go through it physically and let you...

That's right 1John both lights from the single switch. I've got 3 cables into the first rose then a single cable (twin/earth) into the second rose. Like I say there's only so many ways it can go! I know I'm going to kcik myself when it's resolved! lol

Holmslaw Definately there's not 2 switchlines... there's 3 cables going into the first ceiling rose which I'm assuming is the feed/switch cable/then the 3rd cable to the end ceiling rose; however I can't determine with certainty which is which so I think the next stage is to buy the multimeter...

Hi I cant believe how much of a muppet I feel but am stuck here with what must be a simple problem so would appreciate any input: I replaced a couple of pendand lights in one room with fixed bayonet type (like the ones in a bathroom) and 'thought' I'd copied the previous setup correctly...

Hi all, I want to fit two PIR lights to the outside wall of my garage with one switch to turn off/on. Is the following the correct way to do it? Take 1mm twin core & earth from RCD unit inside garage (off the lighting curcuit) and feed into light one, then loop onto light two then into a...