I posted a 2 way switch wiring diagram more than 2 years ago. It is now 2012 and some might wonder of things have changed since then. Well, some things never changes. Though the design and looks of the switches might look a little more modern to keep up with the trend of houses these days, the wiring installation of a 2 way switch done today is still the same. Looks Of The New 2 Way Switch Even though the wiring installation method of a 2 way switch cannot be changed, the looks and designs of switches these days are [...] Read more »
Get All Your Light Fixtures And Switches Before Starting
The most frustrating moments a hard core DIY practitioner faces is the lack of materials when they are nearly done and the most common case is not something that is unexpected. Most of the time they discover that they missed out the most crucial part of their entire project until the last moment when all the shops have closed. When that happens, many projects are just left hanging there for weeks. It is not always that we find the time to do a project so before starting, make a detailed inventory of the things we need and get them all [...] Read more »
Installing An Additional Light Point
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 »
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 »
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 »