arced wiring and confusion with the wiring

[Dobbs91]

Can anybody help me? The plan was to change a light switch although whe
i unscrewed the original switch two of the wires pulled out of th
switch. After i'd refixed them back into the switch i turned the powe
back on. the fused blew and arced the cable running through the wall. I
get worse i'm confused by the amount of wires there and also the colour
of them ill try to post a picture of them. I'd be happier with a
electrician coming in to fix this for me but the truth is i just can'
afford to pay them


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Dobbs91

 

[Rheilly Phoull]

On 14/02/2013 5:52 PM, Dobbs91 wrote:

Can anybody help me? The plan was to change a light switch although when
i unscrewed the original switch two of the wires pulled out of the
switch. After i'd refixed them back into the switch i turned the power
back on. the fused blew and arced the cable running through the wall. It
get worse i'm confused by the amount of wires there and also the colours
of them ill try to post a picture of them. I'd be happier with an
electrician coming in to fix this for me but the truth is i just can't
afford to pay them.




It sounds like you might be punching over your weight but start with

checking the size of the fuse before doing anything else. It should blow
without damaging the wiring, ie something in the range of 5amp to 8amp
for the average lighting circuit. Without the details it's hard to help
at the moment.

 

[Cydrome Leader]

Dobbs91 <Dobbs91.b62a668@diybanter.com> wrote:

Can anybody help me? The plan was to change a light switch although when
i unscrewed the original switch two of the wires pulled out of the
switch. After i'd refixed them back into the switch i turned the power
back on. the fused blew and arced the cable running through the wall. It
get worse i'm confused by the amount of wires there and also the colours
of them ill try to post a picture of them. I'd be happier with an
electrician coming in to fix this for me but the truth is i just can't
afford to pay them.

post some links to a photo.

Do you have the old cotton covered rubber wire? Just touching the stuff
can make it crumble and short out to boxes and itself.

You mentioned the wires pulled out of the switch. Did your switch have
those stab connectors where you just poke a wire in the back?

 

[hrhofann@sbcglobal.net]

On Feb 14, 3:52 am, Dobbs91 <Dobbs91.b62a...@diybanter.com> wrote:

Can anybody help me? The plan was to change a light switch although when
i unscrewed the original switch two of the wires pulled out of the
switch. After i'd refixed them back into the switch i turned the power
back on. the fused blew and arced the cable running through the wall. It
get worse i'm confused by the amount of wires there and also the colours
of them ill try to post a picture of them. I'd be happier with an
electrician coming in to fix this for me but the truth is i just can't
afford to pay them.

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Dobbs91

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