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  • Fleeting
    Fleeting replied to the thread Electric test fail..
    No ring continuity could mean it was once a ring final but for some reason it is no longer or was never a ring final. This needs...
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    Fleeting replied to the thread Electric Gates.
    What I know about electric gates you could write on the back of a stamp but just from a visual perspective all of those unfixed...
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    It is probably a microscopic minority that actually find that a possibility.
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    Fleeting reacted to porky's post in the thread hallway ceiling roses with Like Like.
    Yea I've walked away mate.thank you for your help though 👍
  • Fleeting
    Fleeting replied to the thread hallway ceiling roses.
    I suggest you get an electrician. I would think something has gone amiss with the original wiring hence that yellow wire or the switch...
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    Fleeting replied to the thread hallway ceiling roses.
    This is pure speculation and without testing I can only assume. Mark that cable, connect the reds together but leave separate. The black...
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    Fleeting reacted to porky's post in the thread hallway ceiling roses with Like Like.
    Cheers mate will try in morning and yea I think I've bitten off more than I can chew.thanks for the advice 👍
  • Fleeting
    Fleeting replied to the thread hallway ceiling roses.
    Yes each cable at a time, black and red from one then the other see if either light it. If not the yellow may be in play in either case...
  • Fleeting
    Fleeting replied to the thread hallway ceiling roses.
    Find out if you can get it to light off the red and blacks. The yellow appears to an ad hoc additional either to the light or from it.
  • Fleeting
    Fleeting replied to the thread hallway ceiling roses.
    Just connecting the light to one set of red/black then the other should confirm the feed, whichever one lights it. No need to touch the...
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    Fleeting replied to the thread hallway ceiling roses.
    He has two cables and a rogue yellow.
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    Fleeting replied to the thread hallway ceiling roses.
    Do you have any idea where the yellow went. This is part of another cable with the blue and red wires pushed up into the ceiling.
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    Fleeting replied to the thread hallway ceiling roses.
    It blows because you are creating a dead short between live and neutral. Confirm whether the three reds in the other switch are not...
  • Fleeting
    Fleeting replied to the thread hallway ceiling roses.
    How are you rigging it up? Confirm if each light is individually switched for example, they don't go on and off together.
  • Fleeting
    Fleeting replied to the thread hallway ceiling roses.
    So the three reds were connected together but not to the light? Does the double switch do each light so, one switch one light the second...
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