Recent content by irishruth

colport , there is a single wall switch as you go in the room that switches both wall lights on at the same time..husband can't remember how they were when he took them down (typical bloke). The wiring on the far wall light looks different to the first wall light, husband says it looks straight...

correct pensdown, one red wire not boxed of or anything! and 2 twin cables that seem ok. Went and bought a tester thingy, the twin cable from the right has a live red wire..no problems but the twin cable from the left the red is not beeping when you hold the tester thing near it. Is there a...

does it sound like the wiring has been done wrong or what? 2 twin cables with a black, red and earth from each no problem but then this one loose in the middle! annoying me now

thanks andy for your help, my dad recommended that we get a phase tester to see what the 2 red wires in the left fitting were as the one coming from the right makes the lights permanently on. Surely one of the other reds must be a switch one to make it turn on and off! Will let you know what...

We have a serious problem! Having taken down 2 existing wall lights to replace with modern dual lamp fittings, we have discovered some interesting wiring! We have 1 twin cable with an earth from left hand side and the same again on the right hand side and a random loose red wire on the left hand...