Recent content by rustynails99

all fixed now. thanks for your help. seemingly i had identified the wrong switch wire plus a few of the fittings wires had become dislodged when replacing the underhousing.

well thanks for all! the responses. I found the switch wire using a multimeter and marked it accordingly. I found it difficult to identify the switch live (the wire that runs between tube 1 and tube 2) because I could'nt get the leads to reach between the two tubes. So I tried using my...

No problems. I have a mains tester screwdriver which has a neon indicator in the clear plastic handle which lights up when the point of the screwdriver is touched on voltages between 220–250V and my thumb is forming an earth contact with the metal stud set into the top of the handle. Looks...

thks - Do you have any idea what I would be looking for If I pick up a multimeter?

I agree with that - following this url It would seem my switches are wired correctly. http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/two_way_lighting.htm Do you mean hack off the plaster and see where all the wires go, the answer to that would be no but thanks for your idea. Got any others? I could...

I'm putting in two new tube's into my garage however one of the them was removed a long time ago but now I have replaced it. The garage has two switches, one on the LHS of the internal door and one on the LHS as you walk in to the garage. Both switches should operate both tubes. I've drawn an...