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Correct answer! I tried the set-up shown in the +/-/= diagrams and it was just weird - switches only worked when the others were in certain positions?! so I thought this is odd... and pulled all the cables out ... and found another junction box hidden in the wall! tut tut. So what I...

Never heard of a 0-way switch before - but have got a 2 gang intermediate switch, one of which will be wired as intermediate, and one as a 2-way. The Wiki on here, and good ol' google serves us well for such things! I've not had time to try the suggestions yet - but will report back when I...

Haha yes! It "helped" by removing the spaces from my diagram - it looked OK when i typed them in!

there were only two holes in the 1-way switch - so one to each. I think I see where you are coming from with the intermediate and 3C+E. I'll have a look at the practicalities of that tonight - but think that's the solution if it works - don't know why I didn't think of that in the first...

Hi Andy, Sorry for confusing things! I'll try reiterate my key points with the rest of my ramblings stripped out! The MCB isn't tripping now - i.e. in the config shown in the diagram I posted. When I temporarily replaced the entire bottom junction box with a 1-way switch the MCB tripped...

That's what I thought - I was a little surprised when it tripped to be honest - I thought the one switch would be offering the same function as the junction boxed two. If there are only two conductors going into the junction box (the cable from the top - the one I called the circuit cable). I...

I like simplicity - so I'll give this a try when I get home from work.

Hello! I wonder if anyone could help me - whilst I'm building new walls and ceilings, I am moving and updating light switch locations - mostly adding intermediate switches to existing 2-way setups. I've done 3 or 4 now with no hiccups, using this method. When I went to update the last one -...

That is right - i'm not concerned with independent dimming. I'll wait until it's all digital and standardised... 20 years away? So thanks for confirming :-)

Hello! Just a quick question - and probably a stupid one that I think I know the answer to! But.. Can a 2-way dimmer be paired with another 2-way switch and an intermediate switch? i.e. does the 2-way dimmer act like a normal 2-way switch apart from the variable output? I want my...

thought so :D *buys an additional 3m to practice mitres*

Hello... Just refurbishing a room - during which I have re-plasterboarded two walls. Which also involved removing the coving on said walls. Do you think it will be really obvious if I just replace the two walls worth of coving with plaster coving? Or whilst I'm getting the lot...

Would 18mm mdf and another sheet of 12.5mm plasterboard be even better?

Hey, A lot of stud walls are built ... erm ... quite poorly in our house. Not enough studs, thin timber, not constructed very well etc. when you push into them they bend, they are always popping nails through the movement, they crack at joins. I'm quite happy to rebuild the walls -...

Seems to have gone off topic a bit! There's no chance of floods affecting the property, it's timber or electrics - 40+ years with the street still standing is proof of that! It does pose some challenges with insects - but nothing that can't be controlled with treated timbers and manufactured...

cool! My fear with wirewool is it just rusting away over time - our sub-floor floods annually with the local water table - not a problem and nothing we can realistically do about it - just need to remember to affix all junction boxes!!! Those little sheets of patterned stainless the DIY...

Morning all! Quick question - but I'm just returning my ring main to it's rightful place - but in a new stud wall (no new/alterations in wiring, just old cables in a rebuilt wall & floor...) I've drilled through my footplate and floor into my sub-floor space and worked my cables through -...

Well the bad news is that the whole lot needs to come off... The good news is that it's coming off pretty easily - apart from the odd patch.