Needing a sparky

[mick_dundee]

Need a sparky to drop in to my joint in downtwon noth coburg to look at a light switch, cash in hand job, anyone interested pst or call me 0411 183 258

[Slow and wobbly]

Cant help myself.......

Surely you can stand on a chair Mick and replace a light globe!



Which now prompts the thread
"How many Mickdundee's does it take to change a light globe?"

[woteva]

"How many Mickdundee's does it take to change a light globe?"

NONE .... because Mickdundee is not afraid of the dark

[Slow and wobbly]

"How many Mickdundee's does it take to change a light globe?"

NONE .... because Mickdundee is not afraid of the dark

[Wattie]

i have a pair of *slightly* used sparkies you can have for $50 posted...

not sure what they'll see in a light switch but. maybe you can belt it with them?

[photomike666]

Go to bunnings, buy a new switch unit ($10), go home TURN OFF POWER, install new switch, max 5 screws (two holding to wall, three holding wires in place). check connections, turn on power, press switch and watch light bulb glow. It's not farkin' rocket science.

[Wattie]

Go to bunnings, buy a new switch unit ($10), go home TURN OFF POWER, install new switch, max 5 screws (two holding to wall, three holding wires in place). check connections, turn on power, press switch and watch light bulb glow. It's not farkin' rocket science.

i have a rule for anything over 12 Volts...

IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT! DONT FUCK WITH IT!!!

24 volts shorting out makes me jump enough, never mind 240

i'm too scared to press a 1.5volt electric shock pen...

[Wattie]

Go to bunnings, buy a new switch unit ($10), go home TURN OFF POWER, install new switch, max 5 screws (two holding to wall, three holding wires in place). check connections, turn on power, press switch and watch light bulb glow. It's not farkin' rocket science.

but in saying that. i'd be killing the power anmd ripping it out to fix it. at Mike says, its pretty simple stuff

[Benno]

If you jump @ 24V Wattie, come to work with me and you get to play with 22,000Volts

[Wattie]

If you jump @ 24V Wattie, come to work with me and you get to play with 22,000Volts

i jump at 1.5V mate

and i hate electric shocks from the carpet while wearing my poofy fleece "v-neck" at work

[Waldorf]

i have a rule for anything over 12 Volts...

IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT! DONT FUCK WITH IT!!!

Even with 12 volts, the business end of a coil in a car gives out a big bang..

My old man's a sparky - I just leave it to him.

[mick_dundee]

Go to bunnings, buy a new switch unit ($10), go home TURN OFF POWER, install new switch, max 5 screws (two holding to wall, three holding wires in place). check connections, turn on power, press switch and watch light bulb glow. It's not farkin' rocket science.

I hear ya Mike but my problem is making the light NOT glow, take the switch off the wall so there is notihng but bare wires and the light is STILL on so me thinks something a little more involved than replacing the switch... switch is brand new anyways fwiw.

[photomike666]

Are there two lights on the same switch or two switches for the one light? It sounds like a lose switch wire under the ceiling rose. There can be as many as 9 wires under those.

[Benno]

Depends on how it's wired. Older houses used to loop power at the light switch and run a switched active and an active down the wall to the switch. New places loop power at the switch and run a twin and earth to the light. I'm tipping micks is the former. It'll be something wrong at the light fitting itself. Just don't touch anything near the light unless you turn the power off first.

[Burky]

Depends on how it's wired. Older houses used to loop power at the light switch and run a switched active and an active down the wall to the switch. New places loop power at the switch and run a twin and earth to the light. I'm tipping micks is the former. It'll be something wrong at the light fitting itself. Just don't touch anything near the light unless you turn the power off first.

If it's anything like my place with old wiring, fark all wiring was the same colour in the garage and the outdoor lights