I may need your help.
We have purchased a new metal light fitting. What I have done so far is this.
I have removed the cover from the existing plastic pendant. There are 3 wires, live, neutral and earth. I have a neon screwdriver. With the switch off or on the neon lights up when on the earth.
I also have a cheap multimeter. With the switch on between live and neutral I get 230v ish AC. Between live - earth I get 120v ish.
I have looked behind some of our other switches and not all of them are earthed. We have some metal switches that are earthed, some are not. I've not put the meter on those but the earthed switches light up the neon.
The new light fitting is not double insulated.
It's an old place and I have no idea who installed the electrics here. It has been re-wired at some point but before we arrived.
I'm not completely green and could fix it with some direction but I am no electrician.
Do we have a major problem here??
We have purchased a new metal light fitting. What I have done so far is this.
I have removed the cover from the existing plastic pendant. There are 3 wires, live, neutral and earth. I have a neon screwdriver. With the switch off or on the neon lights up when on the earth.
I also have a cheap multimeter. With the switch on between live and neutral I get 230v ish AC. Between live - earth I get 120v ish.
I have looked behind some of our other switches and not all of them are earthed. We have some metal switches that are earthed, some are not. I've not put the meter on those but the earthed switches light up the neon.
The new light fitting is not double insulated.
It's an old place and I have no idea who installed the electrics here. It has been re-wired at some point but before we arrived.
I'm not completely green and could fix it with some direction but I am no electrician.
Do we have a major problem here??