Say you have a room that has only a single light point or maybe a dining hall that you feel is not bright enough. You can always add in an additional light without too much trouble and you don’t even have to mess with the Main Switch Panel. Wiring Diagram 1- Shows you how the existing light point’s wire is typically installed. The live wire goes to the switch and the neutral wire to the existing light. In short you have everything that is needed to light up another light right here. The live and the neutral wire are what [...] Read more »
Wiring Diagram – Fluorescent Light
The fluorescent light remains one f the most poplar form of lighting despite the many advancements made in recent years. Though many other more fanciful forms of lighting fixtures have been gaining popularity, fluorescent lights have remained strong in the market due to it’s relatively cheap price, readily available parts and easy maintenance. Like usual, I won’t be dwelling into long technical explanation on how and why the fluorescent light works and confuse you with all the technical jargon that only a electrical engineer should know. This site is for commoners like you and me and all we need to [...] Read more »
One Gang Switch For Multiple Lights
Previously I have written about how we go about doing the electrical layout for multiple light points using individual switches to control each light separately. However there are many instances where we want the convenience of switching on all the lights in certain part of our premises all at once. This is especially so when we are using down lights or flush-lights in our dining hall or living room. Most of the time we have at least 4 lights switched on together. This can be achieved by using one single gang switch for multiple lights. In cases like these we [...] Read more »
Circuit Diagram – 13 Amps Switch Socket
The common 13 amps switch sockets that we use in our house is made up of a very simple and direct circuit consisting of only three wires, the Live Wire, the Neutral Wire and the Earth Wire. The fact that we might see more than 3 wire terminals when we remove some sockets is simple because the extra wires runs to another switch socket nearby. It is within regulation and safety standard to have 2 switch sockets sharing the same circuit and the same circuit breaker. Looking at the circuit diagram above, three wires, namely the Live, Neutral and Earth [...] Read more »
Multiple Light Points Wiring Circuit Diagram
To wire up multiple light points is nothing any complex than wiring a single light point. A multiple light point’s circuit works exactly the same as a single light point except for the series looping of the live wire and the neutral wire. The fact that we see more than one piece of live wires in a switch, be it one gang or multiple gang is because of this wire loops. It is nothing more than tapping the electrical supply from the nearest switch instead of running a brand new wire to the mains for this purpose. The same goes [...] Read more »
How to Check, Repair a Faulty Florescent Light
One thing to bear in mind is, a new set of florescent light doe not cost much, so before wasting a few hours to fault finding what is wrong with the florescent light, ask yourself if it is worth it. There are 3 main components that makes a florescent light work. The tube, the starter and the ballast or choke. These are the 3 components that works itself to death in all florescent lights. So the first things to check are these three. In all fault finding scenarios, do not think in too complex terms. A florescent light that has [...] Read more »
Florescent Lights.
The most common kind of lighting fixture that almost every household and offices use is the fluorescent light. The fact it is is so widely used is because it is undeniably the most cost saving kind of light fixture that gives the best ambiance in terms of really lighting up an area. The Advantages of Using A Fluorescent Light. The most advantageous aspect is the brightness. The light emitted by the fluorescent is white light as compared to the normal filament bulbs which emits a dull yellow light. Tough it has been argued that this kind of light can be [...] Read more »
Simple Circuit Diagram For A Lighting Point
To install a light point we need a to create a simple circuit. An electrical circuit as mentioned before is just a loop that current travels through continuously non stop. To break this loop we use a switch. The continuous flow of electricity will light up any lights that has been designed to work with the specified amount of current or electrical supply. With reference to the diagram above, run 2 wires from the main switch panel. It would be advisable to use two different color coded wires to easily differentiate where the wire go. In this example we shall [...] Read more »