Two Switch Ceiling Rose Question

[Miop]

Hi -

I have to replace a ceiling rose (new ceiling) and the old one has two way switch. I have done simple direct replacements for light switches and sockets. I am happy with all the locations of the various wires on the diagrams, but my rose has the mains and two switch cables going into it, whereas on the diagrams on this site, one switch cable bypasses the rose and directly connects the two switches. The rose was wired up with both switch cable wires located in the same terminals (not in any seperate terminal block). It did work, but is it wrong/dangerous? Thank you

 

[Taylortwocities]

It sounds like they used the cable-saving method,

Cannot say if its dangerous unless we can see it! It should be OK if all conductors are properly terminated.

Post a picture on here so we can have a look!. That will also give you a record in case you get mixed up when you are re-doing the new one.

 

[Miop]

Hi again, and thanks for your reply. I've put the pic on my website so you can see it - you can see the connections clearly but it was spaghetti junction in there!

I have already disconnected the rose in this picture and put up a new ceiling - if the wiring as shown is ok, I can reconnect it all in the new rose.
Thank you

http://tinyurl.com/yfgm3fk

 

[mikhailfaradayski]

...It did work...

Is it working at the moment with the wiring as shown in the pic?

 

[Miop]

It was before I disconnected it. I just wanted to check that the arrangement is safe - so many things in this house have been bodged by previous owners!

 

[Taylortwocities]

That pic looks fine. perfectly standard wiring arrangement.

Looks like you have two light fittings both controlled by those two switches?

 

[Miop]

Yes, it controls two lights (hallway).
Many thanks for your assistance!

 

[Taylortwocities]

OK. So you have a standard ceiling rose arrangement. The only addition is the feed out to the second light fitting. That is the cable in the pic that has no sleeving on the earth conductor.

You do not have

the mains and two switch cables going into it

You have
mains feed in
mains feed out
cable to switch
and
cable to the second light fitting

 

[Miop]

Thanks - I understand that now thanks to the other poster! Took a while for the penny to drop for me...

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Really you should arrange for your pennies to drop before you come to be standing on steps staring at spaghetti junction.

 

[Miop]

Probably, but I haven't fitted the new one yet! I didn't realise that the wiring wouldn't look like the diagram until I took it apart, but I was a good girl and put sticky tape with labels on all the wires so I wouldn't get confused

 

[Taylortwocities]

It does look like the diagram here //www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:lighting:lighting_circuit_layouts

The only addition you have is an extra cable that goes to the second light fitting.