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Old 4th Sep 2020, 4:05 pm   #123
duncanlowe
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Default Re: Bodges

Yep, I had a few connect all reds and all blacks together when fitting a light that I had to fix. The worst bit is trying to find out which pair is to the switch.

The mention of the twin brown+E reminds me of a mistake I made because of a semi-bodge. Kitchen light, I replaced the switch. They had used twin red from the fitting down to the switch, though this was the only one in the house wired this way, the others were standard red/black with black being switched L (no sleeving in those days). There was also and oddity, in that was a third, single red wire in one side of the switch. I can't remember the exact detail, but I must have ended up swapping the twin reds, which meant that some of the other lights in the house now only worked when the kitchen light was on. Took me a while before I figured out what was going on.
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