Electric lights

EEZABLADE32 | 14:54 Mon 05th Mar 2012 | DIY

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Just noticed that when I switch on my bedroom light the lights in the kitchen and dining room don't work. When the bedroom is off they work again.
There are 3 live wires to the bedroom switch and 2 each to the other two.

Any suggestions please.

Electrical problem

I fall into the category of 'DIM'.

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Old_Geezer

?!? You need to get the wiring checked out.

The switch can have 2 or 3 woed depending on how things are wired, but turning on one ought not pinch the electric from others :-) It sound like some fool has switched electricity from one route to another when you use the bedromm lightswitch.

Old_Geezer

It gets worse. Where the heck does "woed" come from ?!?!?!?!?

Not that it matters but, "The switch can have 2 or 3 wires ...."

Dodger666

If your house is relatively new, or recently rewired, the only wires you would expect to see in the switch would be the "switch wire" coming from and going back to the light fitting. The live feed wire normally goes from light fitting to light fitting, one for each storey of your house.

As OG says, you need the wiring checking out.