You can not spur from a spur.
However, you could (as you said) change the socket to a fused connection unit, then supply any further sockets from the fused side of this FCU this would be ok. I will leave testing it up to you.
will these meet my requirements and would I simple purchase 4 of them for the 4-way requirement for my electrician to fit? My guess would be they will be no use to you. The "problem" I have is there is no technical drawing for them, so it is not possible to be precise. I also note they wo...
The reason you have 6 wires (and earth) is because it is 2 way switching. That means you can turn a light on here, go elsewhere and turn the same light off (Upstairs and downstairs?) It needs that number of wires to work. If you are going to have a smart switch have you considered that you should ha...
In the U.K. There is no colour code for wiring lights, so it is not possible to say "This colour wire goes here, and that colour wire goes there" you are going to have to call an electrician, look at your previous photo or trial and error
At the end of the day, you would still have to find a plasterer to do the job, so why not ask them first. (There are no full time plasterers on this forum.)
If you have a true smart switch you do not need a 2nd switch since you can either ask your voice assistant to adjust the light or you can use your mobile phone to adjust the light. Ideally you should change the first switch of the two way switching, this way you can then remove the cables going to t...
The water is there to stop "sewer gas" coming into your property. The water collects there by design every time you flush the toilet. Living in a block of flats has nothing to do with it. You have several choices. Pour a whole bottle of bleach down the toilet before you go to bed, and flus...
It does not work how you think. The probability is you do not have 3 lives, 3 neutrals and 3 earths, what you have is called 3 plate wiring method. This forum has an indepth explanation, Click here
I would guess you have connected it wrong.
The wires you have (Not counting earth) are Permanent Live, switched Live, neutral.
You have connected the fan to permanent Live and neutral
You should have connected it to Neutral and Switched live
The decision of what colour to use to supply what is up to the person that installed it, so it is NOT possible for anyone on any forum to say put this wire in this terminal, that wire in that terminal and the last wire in the last terminal, it needs to be tested to establish what does what. HOWEVER ...
It would appear that who ever installed the new cables intended they should be used as feed and return for lights two and three. That will work, providing the existing switch is bypassed.
