Hi
I recently moved house and at the weekend I pulled down an old lean-to
outside the kitchen. The lean-to had a light fitting and was connected
by 2 x 1sq mm PVC twin core cables. As part of the tidy up, I turned
off the electricity and cut the cables. Now I no longer have lights in
the ground floor of the house, I have taped up the cables so they are
not exposed and checked the fusebox and all fuses are OK.

Am I right in assuming one of the cables is the main circuit and the
other is the cable to the light switch?


I am happy to get an electrician out, but first wanted to check that I
wasn't missing something, that could fix the problem easily.

Cheers
Rob

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:53:13 UTC, (Rob
Gilchrist) wrote:

Hi
I recently moved house and at the weekend I pulled down an old lean-to
outside the kitchen. The lean-to had a light fitting and was connected
by 2 x 1sq mm PVC twin core cables. As part of the tidy up, I turned
off the electricity and cut the cables. Now I no longer have lights in
the ground floor of the house, I have taped up the cables so they are
not exposed and checked the fusebox and all fuses are OK.

Am I right in assuming one of the cables is the main circuit and the
other is the cable to the light switch?

Probably not. The common arrangement is that power feed runs to every
light fitting. The switch cable then drops from the ceiling rose to the
switch.

The two cables you cut were probably power 'in' (ultimately from the
consumer unit), and power 'out' (to the rest of the light fittings).

Did the lean-to have a cable coming from its light fitting to the
switch?
--
Bob Eager
begin a new life...dump Windows!

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:09:10 UTC, "Bob Eager"
wrote:

begin a new life...dump Windows!


Strange who lurks here!

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Jim Backus OS/2 user since 1994
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:16:51 UTC, "Jim Backus" wrote:

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:09:10 UTC, "Bob Eager"
wrote:

begin a new life...dump Windows!

Strange who lurks here!

Indeed - but at least *i* am on the 'right' continent!

--
Bob Eager
begin a new life...dump Windows!

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:26:42 UTC, "Bob Eager"
wrote:

begin a new life...dump Windows!

Strange who lurks here!

Indeed - but at least *i* am on the 'right' continent!


Why do you think I'm not? I live on the Herts / Essex borders. I had
an exchange with a German recently who also thought I was American -
both on usenet so I'm wondering if something is set up incorrectly.

--
Jim Backus OS/2 user since 1994
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demon dot co dot uk

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:00:18 UTC, "Jim Backus" wrote:

Indeed - but at least *i* am on the 'right' continent!


Why do you think I'm not? I live on the Herts / Essex borders. I had
an exchange with a German recently who also thought I was American -
both on usenet so I'm wondering if something is set up incorrectly.

I just always thought you were...probably the .com domain! Oh
well....I'm not far away, in Kent...!

--
Bob Eager
begin a new life...dump Windows!

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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:26:42 UTC, "Bob Eager"
wrote:

begin a new life...dump Windows!

Strange who lurks here!

Indeed - but at least *i* am on the 'right' continent!


Why do you think I'm not? I live on the Herts / Essex borders. I had
an exchange with a German recently who also thought I was American -
both on usenet so I'm wondering if something is set up incorrectly.


You're "set up" utilises character set 'us-ascii'. This may, or may not,
be incorrect. Your choice.

--

Brian

On 23 Feb 2005 01:53:13 -0800, (Rob Gilchrist)
strung together this:

Am I right in assuming one of the cables is the main circuit and the
other is the cable to the light switch?

Chances are that one of the cables was the 'mains loop in' from the CU
and the other was the 'mains loop out' to the rest of the lights in
the house. If it is then there should have been a third wire going to
the switch. Was there a switch in the lean to?

I am happy to get an electrician out, but first wanted to check that I
wasn't missing something, that could fix the problem easily.

If it's anything less than straightforward, i.e. as above, then you
might be better off calling an electrician, should be a 10 minute job
for a pro!
--

SJW
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Lurch wrote:
(Rob Gilchrist) said:

Am I right in assuming one of the cables is the main circuit and the
other is the cable to the light switch?

Chances are that one of the cables was the 'mains loop in' from the
CU
and the other was the 'mains loop out' to the rest of the lights in
the house. If it is then there should have been a third wire going to
the switch. Was there a switch in the lean to?

Hmm, almost as worrying as when the double glazing fitters plugged
their 110V transformer into my (seldom used) double socket in the hall
a couple of days ago.

'trip' went the 6A MCB on the lighting circuit :-0000

Time for a little urgent detective work I think ...

P.