Strange Happenning
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You'll have to help us a bit. What electrical work have you done, if any?
What sort of light fitting(s) is/are it/they?
Etc..
What sort of light fitting(s) is/are it/they?
Etc..
1: what kind of light is this?
2: what wires do you have at the switch
3: i hope you turned of the power before removing wires from the switch and did something to make them safe before turing back on
i can see a few possibilities
1: short in switch cable (unlikely if its twin and earth)
2: wiring problem at light fitting
3: another switch wired in paralell with the one you know about
2: what wires do you have at the switch
3: i hope you turned of the power before removing wires from the switch and did something to make them safe before turing back on
i can see a few possibilities
1: short in switch cable (unlikely if its twin and earth)
2: wiring problem at light fitting
3: another switch wired in paralell with the one you know about
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breezer
when did problem start, and has ANY work been done recently?
I need to be clearer about how all of this works
1. The lights, prior to the happenning, a two gang switch controlled one a central rose and two an undercupborad light. The undercupboard light still switches on and off, the central rose stays on.
2. The wiring is complicated and I was assurred it was professionally installed. I have a black wire directly connected to a blue wire. I have a yellow wire in L1 and a red wire in L1. I have a red wire in L2 that is also connected to the other L2 connection.
Any help is appreciated
1. The lights, prior to the happenning, a two gang switch controlled one a central rose and two an undercupborad light. The undercupboard light still switches on and off, the central rose stays on.
2. The wiring is complicated and I was assurred it was professionally installed. I have a black wire directly connected to a blue wire. I have a yellow wire in L1 and a red wire in L1. I have a red wire in L2 that is also connected to the other L2 connection.
Any help is appreciated
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breezer
are you saying you have moved some wires and now it doesnt work?
what have you got connected to "C"
what have you got connected to "C"
If it was in L1 and L2, no lights should work 
Sounds like a twin+earth feed, black as neutral, and a 3core+earth to the lights, the red doing one light, the yellow the other, and the blue as a combined neutral (connected to the black in the switch)???
So it doesnt sound like loop in loop out, so there shouldn't be a constant live at the fittings.
Strange..........thinking caps on lads.......
Sounds like a twin+earth feed, black as neutral, and a 3core+earth to the lights, the red doing one light, the yellow the other, and the blue as a combined neutral (connected to the black in the switch)???
So it doesnt sound like loop in loop out, so there shouldn't be a constant live at the fittings.
Strange..........thinking caps on lads.......
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breezer
i still want to know what is in C
from what you have said you have 2 way switching (using L2 & L1) if you look at the above drawing it does use C as well
from what you have said you have 2 way switching (using L2 & L1) if you look at the above drawing it does use C as well
Doesnt sound 2 way to me?? Both lights only switch from one door dont they???
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breezer
but why have red, blue black and yellow and L1 and L2 (but no C)
I think he has taken cables out of temrinals and put them back wrong. Causing a 2nd fault
The red from the twin+e should link C to C. The red in the 3 core+e should be in one L1, the yellow in the other L1. Blue and black together in a block.
It may not be wired this way, but this is how i feel it is described.
What connections are at the center light???????
The red from the twin+e should link C to C. The red in the 3 core+e should be in one L1, the yellow in the other L1. Blue and black together in a block.
It may not be wired this way, but this is how i feel it is described.
What connections are at the center light???????
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breezer
i am thinking along those lines but he did say Breezer
no wires have been moved, the light just fails to turn off
doesnt make sense, something must have been done / worked on/ changed, and still no reply as to what is in C
no wires have been moved, the light just fails to turn off
doesnt make sense, something must have been done / worked on/ changed, and still no reply as to what is in C
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