Recent content by ianiow

Thankyou very much guys! 'Bridging' the conductors is the word I was looking for :) And yes, it is strange that the CPC was not affected in some way by the nail, I guess it just squirmed away like the ball from Rob Greens hands.. I will let you know if I pass the exam with this answer. If...

Hi guys, I am a 3rd year student and have been set a fault finding problem. The answer is probably glaringly obvious, but my poor overworked brain is not seeing it. Circuit:- Loop in lighting circuit with a two way switch. Info:- A nail was hammered into a wall and the lights went bang. My...

Thankyou, all is becoming clearer now.. As a matter of curiosty, if if the lighting circuit used junction boxes and you had a regular phase-neutral-cpc dangling out of the ceiling. Would I need to link the red and brown at the fan motor?

Yes, the diagram said: switched live---------brown(L) blue neutral----------blue(N) switched live---------red (light) green/yellow---------green/yellow And then it said supply your own connector block for: loop-----------------loop Maybe I was being dense, but I couldnt see how the fan...

Thankyou! Do i understand right? At the choc-blocs on the fan:- SUPPLY------------ FAN MOTOR blue blue---------------------blue switch(sleeved blue)-----red switch brown loop brown--------------brown loop brown cpc----------------------cpc

Hi guys, I have a B&Q "Ontario" Ceiling fan/light to install. It has brown, blue, red (lights), green/yel wiring. Is has a pull cord for the fan and a pull cord for the lamp. I need to install it into an existing lighting circuit which consists of a ceiling rose with 2x loop cables...