Installing an outdoor light is a good practice especially if you have a wide compound where some areas can be really dark during the night. This can be a security issue. To install a outdoor light will involve some digging as the wires will have to be run underground and the light pole will have [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I have explained the difference between a 3 gang switch and a 3 way switch. I have also mentioned that a 3 gang switch is actually 3 individual 1 gang switch bundled side by side so as to save space and to make multiple switches lined up on the wall look neater. As such, terminating [...]
As mentioned in my previous article, a two way switch have to work in pairs. Above is a simple schematic diagram of how the wiring for a two way switch should be installed.
As mentioned, a two way switch has three terminals, as seen in the diagram, S1 and S2 represents the two switches. In S1 [...]
