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I've searched and can't find anything that quite matches my problem. I've got a Baxi combi boiler and sometime in the last week or so it's started to drip from the casing on the underneath right hand side. It seems to only happen whithin a minute or so of the boiler completely shutting down...

I had a new double glazed door installed today. The phone cable came in through the old door frame and mounted on the inside of the frame was an old GPO juncion box which they said they could deal with. I left them to it and when I came home from work I've found that they've relocated the...

Thanks for all the help guys - I rotated the wiring (by swapping 2 wires as EFLI suggested) and suddenly we're all good. Lovely job! Thanks again, Bob

Hmmm... does it have 2 terminals labelled "1" and 2 labelled "2"?

Thanks John, "nothing nasty will happen" was what I was hoping to hear - I'll try rotating the wiring tonight. ...and thanks EFLI - if I get no joy rotating the wiring I'll remove the switch as you've suggested and get a new one if needed. Thanks again for the input guys!

Yes - the wiring is "90 degrees different from the diagram", however rotating the wiring by 90 degrees will still not make the switch "exactly as in the diagram" becuase then each cable will have their wires connected to both a "1" and a "2" terminal. The diagram shows one cable with it's wires...

Ah... So when I said "exactly as in the diagram" I was looking at the labelling of the terminals and not the orientation of the cables. So if you look at the middle picture you can see that both terminals on the nearest side of the switch are labelled "2" (and the other side's are both "1")...

Thanks for the replies guys! So I tried to take photos when I ahd the switches unscrewed... however in the case of the upstairs and hallway switches it was impossible to get a decent picture. In both cases the switches won't come away enough from the wall without wires being disconnected...

Hi all I've wired some switches and sockets in the past but am far from being a professional... was hoping for some advice! I recently bought a house and the hallway lights are wired up to 3 light switches - one by the front door, one at the end of the hallway and one on the upstairs...