How Is Your House Wired Australia/NZ 2024

This video explains how your house may be wired and the difference between the two methods. Power always at the switch or power always at the light.

[sofirustle]

I am a visual learner and this made it so much easier for me to understand how it works. Thank you 😊

[gaillaffer]

Very clearly explained and drawn. By far the best clip I’ve seen on this subject. Thank you.

[solomonezzy]

I’m an apprentice and this diagram/ explanation really helped cheers

[stuartrutt]

Excellent a wonderful presentation. I am a former Sparky in England and wanted to check to see how the Aussie's do it as i have family near Armadale and they have a lighting problem so i can give them the correct advice now. Thank you.

[Raj-yyxx]

Excellent simple and clear explanation. Great job! Many thanks!

[eligenovese]

im halfway through my first year and this just made everything make sense, thank you.

[marion]

Great videos thanks - helpful for understanding what good electrical work should look like - and a reminder why it's not a good idea to 'have a go' myself with our 110 year old house 😂

[waltersaunders]

Hey mate, can you do a video explaining the earth, active and neutral please? There are videos that explain US and UK, but none for Australia. Thanks

[mariog]

I have seen so many videos like this and all have great info, problem is when I check my switch wiring it all looks so different. I know I should get a sparky to get my job done, problem is as soon as I tell them I just want a timer added to a light swith so my streets light can come on automatically at night, they say no mate too small of a job; so here I am trying to learn

[AndreSchmidt-te]

Well explained. Only problem I see is that on your diagram the numeral 1 looks like the numeral 2 . Could be confusing at first glance. With electricity it's best not to be confused.

[cookiemonster]

Bro love the way you explained, I’m gonna subscribe your channel for future updates thanks mate.

[JackWang-jxxj]

first one is called top feed, second is bottom feed. Second wiring is very common. But first wiring is not common now, which may happen in this kind case: a switch outside a room controls a light inside the room, now want to move the outside switch to inside, and the two switches position is far way. So loop the feed wire with light wire in outside switch, so the phase wire go to the light position, then lay a twin phase wires to the inside switch, the important is here: loop the phase wire with the twin phase wire in light position, then the new phase wire goes to the new switch, then another phase wire(one of twin phase wire), normally white color, go to the light. The circuit is done.

[fiuuryi]

Interesting video on how wiring was done. If a second light was on the same switch is it just wired with the active from light 1 into Loop on 2 and Common from light 1 into active of light 2? Why did we change from loop at light to loop at switch? Is there less wiring required with Loop at switch?

[georgioskambourakis]

Hey mate great video helped me alot. Can you please make a video to explain how to add another light with a seperate switch for both methods.

[scanurasiri]

Good one mate. solved my confusion so far I had about these two methods.

[danielnangle]

So if someone wants to add more lights to the “looped at the light” circuit they would run another cable going from the active to the other light or from the loop terminal?

[Beetlesgonefishin]

Great video, thanks, I do have a question, I am changing my incandescent fitting to an LED which has only two wires, is it the red and black that connect to the LED ?

[affinitystablepeanuts]

Cheers mate, thank you!
I'm yet to see the "loop terminal" used.
So far I've seen two Green-Red-Black cables coming down to a switch and while reds connect through the switch, Greens and Blacks are usually twisted and connected in a separate terminal.
In what case would the "loop terminal" actually be used?

[pes]

So using the example on the right how do I wire in a dimmer switch.?

[wantutri]

does your dimmer not causing normal operation such as blinking inter
ittently?