Tight Electricians

[Johnmelad502]

Replacing a plastic light switch today with a metal one and found one of the natural cable so short it was almost impossible to get back into its location.

Sparks, please leave some slack.

 

[Spark123]

natural cables on a light switch

 

[333rocky333]

proberly was cut back to remove burnt out bit, due to DIY man fitting previous switch

 

[Johnmelad502]

natural cables on a light switch

Naturally neutral.

 

[CortinaV8]

Where do you connect the neutral to on a lightswitch, lol.

 

[tim west]

Only when it's our round

 

[xr4x4]

stop being pedantic.. i know what he meant.

 

[Taylortwocities]

There's not much fun in your life, is there?

 

[1john]

dont blame us, i had some rouge builers (cant call them plasterers as the walls ended up 'c' shaped) chop my cables in one switch to the length of the box!!!!!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

stop being pedantic.. i know what he meant.

What you call pedantry is actually a very important correction. Getting it wrong is a regular cause of people blowing fuses/tripping MCBs/damaging cables/damaging switches and ending up with no lights.

 

[Johnmelad502]

Where do you connect the neutral to on a lightswitch, lol.

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• Johnmelad502
• 30 Nov 2009
• 1

 

[1john]

stop being pedantic.. i know what he meant.

What you call pedantry is actually a very important correction. Getting it wrong is a regular cause of people blowing fuses/tripping MCBs/damaging cables/damaging switches and ending up with no lights.

how many phone calls or call outs to lighting problems when the customer has tried to fit their own light and 'joined all the reds together and all the blacks'

It is important to use correct terminology and to flag switch wires, although my arguement every time is that if someone thinks that there is live (line) and neutral being connected directly across a switch then they shouldn't be changing that switch.

 

[Johnmelad502]

It is important to use correct terminology and to flag switch wires, although my arguement every time is that if someone thinks that there is live (line) and neutral being connected directly across a switch then they shouldn't be changing that switch.

But I did use the correct terminology. See picture in previous post. Those three blue wires are all neutrals, as they were on the switch I was referring to.

 

[Chri5]

Normally there a choc block at the back carrying the neutrals on loop in / out at the switch.

So why were you messing with neutrals when the switch change over wouldn't require you to do so ?

 

[Johnmelad502]

Normally there a choc block at the back carrying the neutrals on loop in / out at the switch.

So why were you messing with neutrals when the switch change over wouldn't require you to do so ?

Coz the customer disconected everything and then could not put it back together with his nice new metal switch.