On 2 Oct 2005 09:35:50 -0700, "Alexei" wrote:

| I am replacing a pendant light together with the light switch. I've
| totally disconnected them from the mains wiring -- I basically have two
| sets of three wires sticking out of the wall and out of the ceiling.
|
| When I turn the power back on at the consumer unit, and use a mains
| tester (screwdriver type) on the three wires sticking out of the
| ceiling, all three are shown as LIVE.
|
| This strikes me as very odd.
|
| Is this necessarily indicative of a serious wiring problem somewhere?

Get a domestic multimeter Maplins sell them for GBP3 in the stores.

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