Hi

I bought a new house recently, and in the bathrooms there are wires
present overthe handbasins for light fittings. However, there is no
power going to these wires. There is no switch in the fuse box to
"activate" the wires, and I cant figure out what I need to do to
connect the wires to the mains. Any ideas? I'm a reasonably competent
DIYer, I've managed to change light fittings, etc, in the past.

To summarise... new house, plasterboard walls, exposed wires in
bathroom, no power!

Any help greatly appreciated,
cheers
Sean

"Sean D" wrote in message
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Hi

I bought a new house recently, and in the bathrooms there are wires
present overthe handbasins for light fittings. However, there is no
power going to these wires. There is no switch in the fuse box to
"activate" the wires, and I cant figure out what I need to do to
connect the wires to the mains. Any ideas? I'm a reasonably competent
DIYer, I've managed to change light fittings, etc, in the past.

To summarise... new house, plasterboard walls, exposed wires in
bathroom, no power!

Any help greatly appreciated,
cheers
Sean

The wires will be left disconnected either at the switch or possible at the
ceiling rose, otherwise get in touch with the builder!

Dave Jones

On 6 Oct 2004 (Sean D) wrote:

I bought a new house recently, and in the bathrooms there are wires
present overthe handbasins for light fittings. However, there is no
power going to these wires. There is no switch in the fuse box to
"activate" the wires, and I cant figure out what I need to do to
connect the wires to the mains. Any ideas? I'm a reasonably competent
DIYer, I've managed to change light fittings, etc, in the past.

What's above the ceiling? Can you get into the loft and see where the
wires go? Are they mains wires or low voltage? Could they have been
used for low voltage downlighters and the fittings and transformer have
been removed? That could explain why no voltage.

Have you traced the wires with a cable detector? Is it a newly built
house or just new to you? Have you looked behind the switches and
ceiling roses to see if there are wires you can't explain?

--
Richard Porter
Mail to username ricp at domain minijem.plus.com
"You can't have Windows without pains."

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 00:24:58 -0700, Sean D wrote:

Hi

I bought a new house recently, and in the bathrooms there are wires
present overthe handbasins for light fittings. However, there is no
power going to these wires. There is no switch in the fuse box to
"activate" the wires, and I cant figure out what I need to do to
connect the wires to the mains. Any ideas? I'm a reasonably competent
DIYer, I've managed to change light fittings, etc, in the past.

To summarise... new house, plasterboard walls, exposed wires in
bathroom, no power!

Any help greatly appreciated,
cheers

There might be an isolator high up often above the door inside or
outside. OTOH that might just switch the fan off.


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