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Light fitting

  • 27-04-2021 09:10PM
    #1
    2012paddy2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭


    No issue in house for 3 years -
    All of a sudden today - when my young lad
    Switched off the kitchen light - the light switched back at a low wattage -
    The fitting is brass with three bulbs -
    I went in and switched light on and off and each time switch is in off the lights bulbs are on at a reduced voltage -
    I checked the cables in the switch and all are in tight - when I put the switch back on - the problem seems to have rectified itself -
    I want to discover what happened - could it be an earth issue ?


Comments

  • #2
    meercat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,922 ✭✭✭meercat


    2012paddy2012 wrote: »
    No issue in house for 3 years -
    All of a sudden today - when my young lad
    Switched off the kitchen light - the light switched back at a low wattage -
    The fitting is brass with three bulbs -
    I went in and switched light on and off and each time switch is in off the lights bulbs are on at a reduced voltage -
    I checked the cables in the switch and all are in tight - when I put the switch back on - the problem seems to have rectified itself -
    I want to discover what happened - could it be an earth issue ?

    Possibly a loose neutral connection. Are there neutrals at the switch point. When you removed/replaced switch it may have moved the neutral connection in a termination block.


  • #3
    2012paddy2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭2012paddy2012


    meercat wrote: »
    Possibly a loose neutral connection. Are there neutrals at the switch point. When you removed/replaced switch it may have moved the neutral connection in a termination block.

    Only switch wire and common in switch box


  • #4
    2012paddy2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭2012paddy2012


    meercat wrote: »
    Possibly a loose neutral connection. Are there neutrals at the switch point. When you removed/replaced switch it may have moved the neutral connection in a termination block.

    Thks I’ll have a look at the fitting tomorrow might be something there thks


  • #5
    wait4me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭wait4me


    Just my 2 cents. Anything happen with any other lights in the house, like replacing a bulb, recently?


  • #6
    alan4cult
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭alan4cult


    2 way switch or 1 way? Are there LEDs in the fitting?


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