"They've Wired This In All Sorts Of Ways" - Tricky Lighting Issue Fault Finding 

First thing I ask "has it ever worked?" - second thing I ask - " any DIY or other work been done?"

You remind me so much of my dad in your working things out. I'm miss him very much, and watching your videos is very comforting. Keep up the good work and stay safe.

There seems a lot of cables going into that intermediate switch, 4 Reds in the same terminal, it wants ripping out and starting again

Almost finished my level 2 at college, so interesting watching your videos Delroy, I got not practical experience, learning alot. Thanks

I feel your pain. I wouldn’t run a new circuit to the switch without power unless i can remove the faulty part of the circuit. I would probably narrow it down by seeing if the break affects just the live or neutral or both

I've come across it before now with those plaster ceiling rose decorations with the pendant loop live connections in connector blocks above the pendant and being loose.

I am roughly the same age as you and like you I have found so many different faults I laugh now because some of the things I found fuseboxes in the loft. Sockets left under the floor ( still live ) taped joints some with sellotape to many handymen around kitchen fitters etc. When I was a apprentice I was told be a master of a trade not a jack of all trades. I enjoy watching you as we’re from the same time and I also watch the new younger sparks. ( my nephew is one ) so much has changed now. More paperwork. A lot more regs. I will retire in a year or 2 but loved every min of my sparky days

A superb job as always dell.av bin a spark for 20 odd years. That takes me back to many lighting faults over the years..

Your channel is fantastic, great spark and a very knowledgeable keep it up 👍

Oh my goodness a whole lot of continuity testing with a wander lead. I feel for you.

Nice job and video

I can feel yr pain...yr so patient buddy

Good job.

Lovely work as usual mate.

Evening Del Yeah can be pain fault finding & additional switches lights Good to see two lighting circuits , just be carefull of neutral backfeed being on both circuits for safe isolation if possible ? Praise the lord as always

Mate you do get the rough end of the deal sometimes makes a great video good work all the best

Where those wires were taped together in the back of the box, I would be tempted to connect them with small wagos and see if that solves the problem.

I was born in dominica came here when I was 6 years and took the same opportunity as you worked for EDF Quinn's electrical then worked for myself. We've probably crossed paths in Tottenham doing a good job be safe my brother.

I would personally be offering a full lighting rewire because it’s a mess. You’d need RCD protection adding if your going to add a new lighting circuit

Looks like someone's had a right play with that wiring

The best fault finding spark - these are your best vids Del. Thankyou to you and junior for showing us. It’s a rats nest yes I would be re-wiring tracing out the circuit is the only real way. Not sure you get the ideal sure trace system in the UK it’s a great tool we use in the USA to trace a circuit and breaker from any wire. Its a tool that allows you to trace the wire through walls and floors without having to pull them up or damage the walls. It’s would be hours of work just to identify the wiring layout belling it out without this tool would take 4 times as long.

Good job dell

I cannot understand all them cables into one connection of a intermediate switch it should be just a pair of strappers going in and a pair of strappers going out, was the two way switching OK in the past before the fault I don't see how it could be working properly I must be missing something.

Very few diy own up to it but it's usually quite obvious to the attending electrician if I ask how long the lights have not worked as are not for a long time sometimes it's just a blown lamp

A always start with the mains B never put joins under the floor in a grd floor flat 👍

Just a question: Why don't electricians leave a circuit-drawing behind (in the fuse box)?

I had to take a double look at video, only 3 fuses running a flat ? Needs a re-wire before it burns down. Another great video

If the feeds are coming from the floor, why didn't you pop up some of the un-carpeted floorboards? Probably Y-joints under there?

Hi Delroy I'm an old school sparks I started just like you. I'm watching one of your RU-vid channels there's some rubbish so called sparks out there. I'm sure there's only one way to do a lighting circuit and that's a 3 plate system. From the db to the first light and then the switch and mark it and so on.

That’s a nightmare of a job I had a job like that Bounds Green builders done ext run off with guys money and they chop lighting circuit off for downstairs all lights stop working could not get access to floorboards upstairs another flat I had to end up rewiring the whole flat make holes in the ceiling and it was similar sort of house or flat long runs cable plus plaster ceiling roses it was hell

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That’s the live and neutral at switch and loop at the light 💡 1 cable but it is definitely got jobs somewhere del

Ceiling rose off and check for power👍

Definitely a re-wire

IR test ??

its possible mice could have eaten through cable insulation in ceilings, no harm to do a IR test...

“ Elec tricks” and the electric human body.

Try fault finding and repairing something like an audio amplifier with several faults!!!!!!

I saw a pigs ear in that 2nd switch. 😂

Probably a mixture of 2 plate and 3

If that is an intermediate switch then that should be ringing alarm bells straight away. An intermediate should never have that many cores. It looks like it’s got feeds in one terminal.

Burn it, burn it all!

Delroy there is always DIY and people who dose not know how to do the electrics

i know this wiring will send wiring diagram if you like

Déjà vu lol

I once fitted a new light fitting on my sisters house. I was shocked to find out that all her wires in the house that went to the fuse box was the same colour included earth. They was all red.

I love this stuff, but I always want to know the prices I am a capitalist pig dog.

useless ...

Delroy =not very good footage ,cannot see whats going on ;;