pull cord

Afternoon. So on this rainy Saturday I thought I would get to the jobs I have been putting off :-) My garage has a pull cord with 2 red wires and an earth which I am presuming are live and switched live. I wanted to replace it with a PIR as the amount of time I spend in there is minimal and I...

I need to replace pull cord light switch in my bathroom. So I ordered so called 1-way switch without checking what I have first. It looks like I have currently mounted 2-way switch. 1. This is what I have now: https://ibb.co/B3fkZcj The current is flowing only on two brown sockets on the right...

Just started watching the following video, where it is claimed that the plastic bit in the string of pull cord switches is for insulation purposes and thus is a safety device. I can understand this if true, although is new news to me. Any truth to this, have you heard this before, and is there...

Hi I'm struggling to find a like for like pull cord replacement. I have purchased 2 switches but there not the same as the one currently fitted. Can anyone help? Thanks Matt

One of family members lives in a council flat, and in the bathroom there is a extractor fan what is always on, what has a pull cord to toggle between the low speed trickle and high speed modes. Now there is a unswitched fused spur in the corner of the bathroom wall labelled fan, what I assume...