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    Landing double switch incorrectly wired

    Hi all. Newbie here and hoping someone can help. Some time ago I replaced the landing double light switch. Wires must have come loose as it stopped working. Put them back in what I thought was the right place but its not quite working properly. Its one of these thats connected to the one at the...
  2. T

    Landing Light Switch gone wrong

    I need help. I'm a British tinkerer living in Germany. I've been installing smart light switches myself throughout the house and in all places. I've not had any issues but I'm seriously stuck with this one light switch. I have taken out old switch and whilst I did all the wires practically...
  3. M

    Landing light

    Hi all, this is driving me mad..help. The landing light in the new old house bulbs were very dull and flickered so I attempted to change the bulbs, the rcd? and trip switch both tripped, tried connecting a single light bulb holder and again when putting in a new bulb the switches trip...
  4. D

    Loop at switch landing light

    Hi, had rewire, but didn't spec landing light that could be switched off from downstairs etc doh. Sparky said it's an easy thing to do, but will need to use wago boxes as he said no way to get all cables in back box even though they are deep ones. Mrs wants double gang, ie can switch both lights...
  5. N

    Does anyone know where this red wire goes..it came out and I have no idea where to put it...it's a rose on my landing ???

    Don't know where this red wire came out of..any idea please...
  6. C

    Hall stairs and landing light problems

    we are shortly moving into my parents old house, me and my partner have renovated the property over the last 18 months, we are now nearing completion, but have a problem with lighting on the stairway, there is a light just inside the front door with a double switch, upstairs on the landing is...
  7. E

    falcon heavy booster landing

    some clever engineering in these
  8. S

    Radial socket on landing and rear bedroom appears to be powered from lighting and radial

    Hello all, first time posting here, was hoping for some theories/advice regarding a confusing situation. Essentially we were looking to add one or two sockets to a upstairs bedroom (40's build rewired in 80's I think with black/red colour system). It currently has two sockets and there is also...
  9. C

    How should I relocate the downstairs hall/landing light switch box?

    Hi all, apologies if my description & terminology is 'novice'! I need to relocate the light switch box (with x2 switches) which currently is in a Cupboard in the downstairs entrance hall; initially this box was in the Hall but part of the Hall was subsequently blocked into a Cupboard, trapping...
    • CJL
    • Thread
    • box downstairs landing light light switch switch switches
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  10. U

    faffing with 2 way lighting

    Good day, At a house and theres a lady who has a hallway light, and a landing light. She has: downstairs - a 3 gang switch - hallway light, outdoor light, and landing light. upstairs - 1 gang switch - landing light. She wants to be able to switch the hall light from upstairs. This house is...
  11. loz

    Checking a borrowed neutral

    changing a fuse board today, house wired in the 60s with the landing light on the ground floor lighting circuit. Tested at 250v ins res between the neutral of the 1st floor lights and the neutral of the ground floor lights. Result was 0.04meg ohm. Flick switch for landing light and the reading...
    • loz
    • Thread
    • borrowed checking circuit floor ground landing neutral
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. D

    3 switches control both level lights - Easy change?

    Hi, I have three switches across 2 levels in my house all controlling the lights on two levels of the house landings (spotlight group on ground and landing light on 1st). Ground: 2 switches - control spotlight group downstairs (same floor) and upstairs landing light Upstairs/1st: 1 switch -...
    • delooney
    • Thread
    • attach change control group landing level lights switch switches
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. J

    Domestic Lighting Issue

    Hi all Hoping for help if possible! In our house we suffered a loss of lighting to half of the upstairs of the property. The upstairs lighting and smoke alarm is on one circuit, however the Bathroom, landing and 1x bedroom have lost all lighting, and two other bedrooms have retained lighting...
    • jp1990
    • Thread
    • bathroom domestic issue landing light lighting
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  14. B

    2 circuits present at double gang switch hallway vs landing regs (again)

    Have listened to this one banded around many times. Situation where some sparks argue that ground or 1st floor circuits should not be present at one switch as is often the case if a strapper drops down to the hallway 2 way feeding the landing with the hallway switch also within the same (double...
  15. S

    Landing and bathroom switch wiring

    So I have the bathroom light wiring red and black Landing light red Black Wires from switch at bottom of stairs red a blue and a yellow So where do they all go got a 2 gang switch with com l1 l2 on each side Thanks
    • Stret
    • Thread
    • bathroom black landing light stairs switch wiring
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  16. S

    light switch wiring - bottom landing light constantly on after new fitting

    Morning all.. I've replaced an old rose with a new spotlight fitting and light is constantly on... ...I've removed all red circuit words so just the live that goes to the light is connected... The switch for this light has just 2wires.. Both are red. .... How do I go about solving the...
    • Stephen Reece
    • Thread
    • after bottom circuit connected fitting landing light light switch looks new switch wiring
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  17. G

    Two way light switch

    Hello, I wonder if anyone can help me with the following problem I have with a light switch. I have a 3 story house and have a two way light switch on the 1st floor that controls the 1st floor landing and 2nd floor landing. The light on the 1st floor can also be controlled from the ground...
    • ghtgriffiths
    • Thread
    • floor landing light light switch switch two way
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  18. G

    Smoke alarms on loft conversion

    I'm due to start a loft conversion and building regs require smoke alarm, can anyone tell me if I need to install interlinked smokes on every floor ? cheers
  19. Y

    lighting circuit

    Hi, this is quite an easy one. I'm wiring the upstairs landing light and downstairs hall light. The switch on the landing needs to control the landing and hall light and the downstairs switch needs to control the landing, hall and outside light. I've wired the upstairs lights and included the...
    • yoyo
    • Thread
    • circuit downstairs landing light lighting lighting circuit switch upstairs
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. driverman

    Decent Alarm system

    Hi Guys, installing an one off alarm system and wondered from your experience what would be a decent make / model to install. 4 x PIR zones ground floor, 1 x E/E door, 1 x PIR zone Landing (night set) and 2 x remote keypads ( 1 by E/E door, other on Landing). End station going in hall cupboard...

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