Lighting question

Former Community Member over 5 years ago

So today I wanted to add another switch in a house.

The extra switch would need to now include an intermediate due to it being already 2wY.

now when I took the switches off, one switch the common has just a single sheath core, the L1 and L2 are a 2 core cable L1 being Red and L2 being black.

This is exactly the same in the other switch.

I thought this must mean there is a JB somewhere ? In the light fitting there is 3 T&E, and 1 single cable which goes into the lamp live!

I just can’t understand how this could be wired?

Any ideas?

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0 Sparkingchip over 5 years ago

All the other questions were to try and determine the likelihood of the live having been taken from a different circuit to the one the neutral is connected to at the light, it is possible that may be why there is more than one lighting circuit all on the same RCD.

Turn all the lighting circuits off whilst you are working and check there’s nothing live in the switch box when you are working.

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0 Sparkingchip over 5 years ago

All the other questions were to try and determine the likelihood of the live having been taken from a different circuit to the one the neutral is connected to at the light, it is possible that may be why there is more than one lighting circuit all on the same RCD.

Turn all the lighting circuits off whilst you are working and check there’s nothing live in the switch box when you are working.

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