Recent content by ginnie

I think I see - or at least, I see a lot more than I did! Thank you all very much for your help. I'll have another go at it tomorrow ...

swelec, you've got it in one. That's exactly what happens. I did wonder whether I ought simply to replace the whole thing, but when I went into B&Q the choice was so wide that I chickened out and just bought a new cord. Basically, should I buy a 'one way' or 'two way' new switch, and what's...

sorry - just read your questions again. One red wire, one black one, both coming from the ceiling and attaching to one terminal each. There are only two terminals, neither permanently attached (in other words they fall out when you turn the thing upside down); but one could go in the hole...

you're absolutely right - jeans more often than dresses, but definitely of the female persuasion. Clearly electrics are a boy thing. Digital camera currently elsewhere but I could put a photo on when it comes home - but I guess I thought this was a really straightforward ordinary question...

oh dear, I knew this would happen. It's like going abroad and reading a phrase from the phrase-book, then getting an answer you can't understand. I'm trying to re-fit the old one. What is a terminal? The only wires are the two power ones from the ceiling, the red and the black; there are...

Please can someone help me with a really silly problem? I'm not a terribly good DIYer but I do try! I mistakenly took the bathroom pull-cord light switch down to change the cord - realising belatedly that of course I needed only to replace it from the little plastic doodah a few inches down...