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Hi, looking for some expert help here to know if this is something I can fix myself or if I need an expert in
In my living/dining room I have a 3 way dimmer switch which controls 3 sets of 2 wall lights. I recently had the room replastered and I accidently shorted one of the live wires to a neutral wire which caused quite a loud ‘pop’ sound. (i know, stupid thing to do!)
I have since made safe and isolated the lights and I plan to put some new wall lights up. However, when I switch the power back on and use a voltage tester to check the wiring at each outlet where the lights will fix to one of them registers nothing.
I am assuming that the dimmer switch has blown a fuse but my concern is that the wiring has been damaged or something elsewhere on the circuit. My question is:
Is there something I can do to check that will tell me if it’s just the fuse in the dimmer that has gone, or if it’s something else?
I have attached a photo here of the wiring in the dimmer switch but it’s not clear to me which each wires does. I would add that the outlet that is currently not registering any voltage has blue and brown wiring, the other two are black and red.
I appreciate any expert advice on this J
Thanks.
In my living/dining room I have a 3 way dimmer switch which controls 3 sets of 2 wall lights. I recently had the room replastered and I accidently shorted one of the live wires to a neutral wire which caused quite a loud ‘pop’ sound. (i know, stupid thing to do!)
I have since made safe and isolated the lights and I plan to put some new wall lights up. However, when I switch the power back on and use a voltage tester to check the wiring at each outlet where the lights will fix to one of them registers nothing.
I am assuming that the dimmer switch has blown a fuse but my concern is that the wiring has been damaged or something elsewhere on the circuit. My question is:
Is there something I can do to check that will tell me if it’s just the fuse in the dimmer that has gone, or if it’s something else?
I have attached a photo here of the wiring in the dimmer switch but it’s not clear to me which each wires does. I would add that the outlet that is currently not registering any voltage has blue and brown wiring, the other two are black and red.
I appreciate any expert advice on this J
Thanks.