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I'm looking at a property to purchase but very concerned about the damp patches on the rear wall (is it penetrating damp) of what I believe is a fairly new extension. I'm far from an expert but it doesn't look good to me and I don't want to fork out more money on bad surveys etc etc. I can...

Spark thanks. Got the light up and running this afternoon. Whatever I did worked. Its switching from both ends fine. Thanks for all your help

Yaeh Spark it has omega x1k and x10. I'm ok with testing the cables mate but not really bothered by testing the terminals as suggested previously. Just want to know where the red blu and yellow get coonnected in the new switch. Can you help with this? Thanks[/code]

I just bought a very simple analogue multimeter. Dont think it has this continuity mode you mention

Spark, too late now tonight and too dark but I did my multimeter. Ive also got my new two way switch. I notice though that the connections are different. On the old fitting we had L1 at the top of the fitting L2 and L3 with red going into L1 yellow into L2 and blue into L3 On the new one its...

Amazing what you learn on these forums! Yes the insides of the switches are pretty much as you described. The switch that I believe carries the switch wire also has these two red wires connected together by plastic connector but attached to nothing else. Would it not be easier and save me a...

Yeah I took a picture of the knakkered switch and where the wires go so I'll know where L1, L2 etc goes. That should help! By the way before I go tonight can you tell me what the yellow wires are coming down into the switch? They are in both switches Cheers

many thanks for that simple explanation Spark. I''ll go get myself a multimeter tomorrow. First thing I'll need to do though is get another wall switch as I buggered the one today when it blew. I guess this'll be the first problem as the insides of that will no doubt be different. I'll let you...

"Once you have identified which cable is switched live, put a piece of red sleeve over the black wire to signify it is a live. You now need to connect all reds together but to nothing else, the switched live black (with red sleeve) wire to the brown wire or L terminal for the lamp and the other...

Yep sorry my mistake, not brown but black

Today I have tried to replace a single light bulb in my garage with a 5ft flouresent strip. There are two wall switches at either end of the garage that used to control this single light bulb. First thing I did today was disconnect and take down the ceiling rose which of course revealed two...

Bernard, now youve got me really confused. I would have thought that the cheapest and eaiest way to do this seeing that I have already bought these 240v bulbs/fittings would be to abandon the transformer setup by cutting the cable to the transformer and just connecting the live and neutral to...

Yes they do have the small ceramic connectors on the lamp end to fit the two thin prongs on the old bulbs themselves whereas the new halogen bulbs dont-they have two knobby type things which push into the connector and turn to secure. Its amazing what you learn after some time here. Its now...

Please will you guys give me some guidance on how to use this multimeter? Thanks

yes,but?

Ok. thanks very much for all your help already. I''ll try and take a digi pic tommrorow but I've just been up in the roof looking on top of the bathroom downlights whose setup (there are 4 or 5 in the ceiling) i'm sure is the same. this revealed a thin circular transformer (only one), junction...

Yeah it appeared so but I'll take a closer look at it tomorrow in the light when I can also get the mains off. Would you think this was a transformer or some other sort of junction affair. Would you expect one of these above each ceiling light? I'm thinking now that if this is a...

Bernard, Ive just pulled one of the downlighters through and it revealed a largish white cylinder type device which i guess must be a transformer? What does this tell us and would there be one of these attached to each of the 5 ceiling lights? thanks

Yes the new bulbs say 240v on them and yes the new packaging sayss transformer free. I understand what you mean when you say pull the wires gently through to reveal the little connector box but am unsure of what you mean when you say this will give me access to live and neutral. Do we mean...

I meant each end