Re-wired bathroom ceiling rose causing bathroom and hall lamps to glow 'half' power

[MDJ]

Thanks all for your comments.

Thinking about this, given that the hall switch is lighting (half lighting) the bathroom and hall lights, the switched hall live must be going through the hall light first. In which case, it's not actually the true switched live but a floating live expecting a neutral?
It would seem that the apparent switched hall live should be moved to the other side of the bathroom lamp i.e. the neutral.

Thoughts?

Get an electrician to look at it, clearly your struggling with a basic job and you could end up in a hole you cannot climb out of

 

[ipf]

'return'...................to #2.
OP, take some advice regarding safety.
You're thinking along the right lines, terminology astray. Remember, getting something to work correctly is minor when compared to safety issues.

 

[UNG]

Thanks all for your comments.

Thinking about this, given that the hall switch is lighting (half lighting) the bathroom and hall lights, the switched hall live must be going through the hall light first. In which case, it's not actually the true switched live but a floating live expecting a neutral?
It would seem that the apparent switched hall live should be moved to the other side of the bathroom lamp i.e. the neutral.

Thoughts?

You are correct remove the lamp in the hall and the hall switched live will no longer be a switched live when you turn the hall light on, connect to the neutral job sorted

 

[DavoUK]

UNG, I realise now you were spot on in your original post. I just needed to work that through. Thank you.

And thanks everyone else. I take the safety first comments on board.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

It's nice when someone hits the nail squarely on the head in post #2, which in two sentences not only says what happened but also how to fix it and why it behaves as it does. We often go all round the houses with 'what testing have you done' etc. and quizzing for lots of extra info, but when just one (highly probable) scenario exactly fits the symptoms, it's worth offering up sooner rather than later.

 

[joeymromao@msn]

sometimes going back is the only way to go forward

 

[telectrix]

however, the current wiring allows OP to have 2 lights on for the running cost of one (albeit dim).