The decorator says a light switch 'fell off' now the light won't work??

SHAFT

Risteard wrote: »

First I'd have to work out where on earth you're talking about.

See you're living up to the old stereotype.

Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom aka your home town.

Carrot007

Risteard wrote: »

Here you would never find red & black or brown & blue in a switch drop. We rightly use twin brown (and previously twin red).

Surely you mean red & black or brown and blue with the relivant bit of colout tape over the black / blue?


Do they even make twin & E single colour cable.


Still given modern days it will all change soon enough hopefully! We need the full electric to the "wifi switch" and then something out to the bulb. Suck like crap we have to have teh wifi switching nonsence in the bulb with the switch left on.

Risteard

Carrot007 wrote: »

Surely you mean red & black or brown and blue with the relivant bit of colout tape over the black / blue?

I absolutely do not mean that.

Carrot007 wrote:

Do they even make twin & E single colour cable.

Do they make twin brown T&E? Absolutely.

Did they used to make twin red T&E? Absolutely.

They also make brown & Earth (previously red & Earth) and blue & Earth (previously black & Earth).

They also make PVC/PVC single brown (previously red) and PVC/PVC single blue (previously black).

In fact in the 26-County State remarking of conductors to a different colour is a prohibited practice. Likewise everyone in the Six Counties uses the correct cable for switch drops.

Norman_Castle

Carrot007 wrote: »

Do they even make twin & E single colour cable.

Available and in use all over the UK but presumably not compulsory everywhere.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/prysmian-6242y-twin-brown-cable-1-5mm-x-50m-grey/54733

FreeBear

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Available and in use all over the UK but presumably not compulsory everywhere.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/prysmian-6242y-twin-brown-cable-1-5mm-x-50m-grey/54733

Also available in shorter lengths when you don't need a 50m roll - https://www.toolstation.com/pitacs-twin-earth-cable-6242y-2-brown-cores/p21810

jk0

I actually did buy some twin red & earth from Maplins years ago. I found it a little annoying though, as I could not tell which was actually the live cable when connecting two switches.

Risteard

jk0 wrote: »

I actually did buy some twin red & earth from Maplins years ago. I found it a little annoying though, as I could not tell which was actually the live cable when connecting two switches.

Both live cores are phase conductors so it shouldn't matter.

gc1967

Why not turn power off, and connect wires up into a plastic connector box, turn power back on and with a electric screwdriver about £3.00 to buy touch the screw that is holding the live wire and if the bulb inside the screwdriver lights up there is live if it doesn't there is no live going to the switch, someone I know recently had a decorator working and they removed socket for decorating and when refitted lights kept tripping, electrician came out and the problem was further up one of the wires you couldn't see with the naked eye.