Recent content by stuart hill

many thanks to everyone for your kind help. stuart.

many thanks for your input which confirms date of change of wiring, been on various forums over the years football, gardening etc, but never experinced hostility or pickiness of getting dates wrong etc, im sure there are helpful and friendly people on this site, but as for being asked to...

yes you are correct, senior moment, it was probably some time in the seventies, i worked there myself 71 to81 and it had become british steel. hope this clears it up.stuart.

no, born in uk, was told that rhyme over 50 years ago, it was taught to apprentice sparkies at the then park gate iron and steel company in rotherham south yorkshire. stuart.

sincere apologies, thought i had stated it was plastic,i definitely typed it but obviously cant have pressed the submit icon, i thought it strange not to get a reply, im not an electrician, just came on here for help, was brought up with brown is hot blue is not green and yellow earth the lot...

hi, i did post a reply to say it was plastic, appreciate all the positive feedback, thanks stuart.

many thanks,greatly appreciated. stuart.

hello, on the old switch,top is 231 bottom123, new switch top 2 are common, bottom is live 1 live 2 live 1live 2.thanks stuart.

can anyone please advise, i am replacing a 2 way light switch, the one that is being replaced is wired as follows,top blue yellow red, bottom red blue yellow. now my problem is, the new switch has 4 entry holes at the top and only 2 at the bottom. with thanks stuart.