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Post by Jim on Oct 7, 2017 14:08:26 GMT
Twin switch wiring is a dark art. Had trouble in 2 houses, both wired the different ways. I did line drawings to work out what was what. Re the op, can you not get some oak trunking, or route out some oak strip, and rewire on the surface.
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Post by lollygagger on Oct 7, 2017 17:49:10 GMT
Twin switch wiring is a dark art. Had trouble in 2 houses, both wired the different ways. I did line drawings to work out what was what. Re the op, can you not get some oak trunking, or route out some oak strip, and rewire on the surface. It's done, I peeled back some ceiling and fished out the other end (see last photo) and spliced an extra bit in. All working as should. I thought I'd have to pull up the kitchen floor to stop it creaking but I removed the kitchen unit skirting to see how far the lino went and it stopped. 👍
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Post by Jim on Oct 8, 2017 6:49:35 GMT
Creaky floor! I was donated a full trailer of 4" oak tng, pre varnished. Originally held down with secret nails through the tongue. I used just a few rows of brass screws to hold it down and it creaks like the churchyard gate. It adds character to the boat. Honest!
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Post by tonyt on Oct 8, 2017 19:17:16 GMT
Hi Lollygagger. What you have nearly drawn is known as the two way conversion method in domestic wiring where you wire live feed on to L1 of the switch and the switch wire to the light from L2. You then run a three core cable between the switches linking L1 of the first switch to L1 of the second switch, L2 to L2 and Common to common. In domestic wiring it enables the use of multicore cables rather than singles. In a boat it is predominantly singles so you may get slight variances like the switch wire coming off the other L2 but as long as it works it's fine.
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Post by Jim on Oct 9, 2017 6:19:17 GMT
Hi Lollygagger. What you have nearly drawn is known as the two way conversion method in domestic wiring where you wire live feed on to L1 of the switch and the switch wire to the light from L2. You then run a three core cable between the switches linking L1 of the first switch to L1 of the second switch, L2 to L2 and Common to common. In domestic wiring it enables the use of multicore cables rather than singles. In a boat it is predominantly singles so you may get slight variances like the switch wire coming off the other L2 but as long as it works it's fine. lalalalalalalalalalala we must not listen to such electrickery. My Brain hurts now.
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