DumbStick 13 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Here's one! Is it a big hassle for an electrician to set a light up so that 3 or even 4 switches control it? Or is is easy peasy and takes 20 minutes kind of thing? Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 If its done when the house is built easy enough if it is aftet then will be a real pain. By the way not sure if this is important to you of course but did you ask to have a hot water pipe added for your washing machine. That is something I asked for as here they only provide cold unless you ask. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted June 8, 2013 Author Share Posted June 8, 2013 Thanks. About hot water pipe to washing machine. No I didn't ask. Didn't think to. Good thing to ask though. Do Japanese washing machines play nice with hot water though? Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted June 8, 2013 Author Share Posted June 8, 2013 Happy with the foundations, snowdude? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 I was surprised when I moved up here to see a hot water connection to the washing machine direct from the boiler Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Does it make any difference to the washing machine you can use? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Here's one! Is it a big hassle for an electrician to set a light up so that 3 or even 4 switches control it? Or is is easy peasy and takes 20 minutes kind of thing? Cheers! As siad, if done at design/build stage - easy peasy. If you want to retro-fit - it could easily turn into a right PITA. We have a row of 5 LED downlights along the hallway. There are 3 switches for these - one at each end and one in the middle. Sparky was not fazed at all. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Thanks. About hot water pipe to washing machine. No I didn't ask. Didn't think to. Good thing to ask though. Do Japanese washing machines play nice with hot water though? As far as I know. Ours has a cold and hot water pipe comnection so I assume most do as well. Cant stand the fact clothes dont clean usng only cold water so that is why I have asked for hot water. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Happy with the foundations, snowdude? Actually had a job come in which I had to attend to so changed it to monday to go have a look. Wil/ let you monday. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 snowdude can you tell me what washing machine you have perhaps? Or anyone else that has a washing machine using hot or cold water. Just looked mine has one suppy, and it's cold. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 snowdude can you tell me what washing machine you have perhaps? Or anyone else that has a washing machine using hot or cold water. Just looked mine has one suppy, and it's cold. Mine is a Hitachi and it is about 5 years old. I only have one pipe going to it, but there is another place to connect another pipe, if I had another pipe to connect. I think yours may also have, just that it has a cover over the place where you can put another pipe. If it doesn't then you can just simply connect the hot water pipe to where the cold pipe goes if you got hot water tap too. Not sure how the machine would control the temperature though. As far as I know ours can't control how hot the water is, but we will be able to control the temperature from the controller in our new house. I think you would also have to buy a more expensive machine that has a themostat control and other functions on it in order for the machine to be able to do it. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 It doesn't affect which machine you can use, although my one doesn't regulate the temp.....but the boiler can. We only have 1 fitting for the pipe so we have to change to the hot pipe if we wanna use hot water. Before in Kanagawa, our machine was not hooked up to the boiler, just a tap so it was always cold. When I wanted to use hot water I just filled up from the sink Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 We have both hot and cold but the hot doesn't have a hose connected. Our clothes never get THAT dirty. Spot cleaner for stains or whatever and then in cold water is usually fine. Never felt the need for hot water. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Actually I just looked at our washing machine. One pipe going into it, but it's coming from a tap like this (not mine, found on the web!) The warm one doesn't work though - perhaps having not being turned for however many years. I never noticed that. So presumably if both the hot and cold taps are working, I could simply turn off the cold and turn on the hot? As simple as that? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 yeah Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share Posted June 9, 2013 OK. I have been talking with our builders. The default, as you said snowdude, was just cold water. But they have said they'll put both in there for us at no extra cost. Luckily building not started yet*. Thanks for mentioning that snowdude. I owe you one. Haven't thought it out properly, but having it there is definitely better than not. * But bloody hell sometimes things seem to move so slowly. Been told it will be Thursday before there's any more action over there. But I'm assured we are not 'delayed'. I'm just so fricking impatient! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Your welcome. Dont forget once the foundations are finished they have to be left for a week or more for the concrete to harden properly. Usually concrete is what is called green to start with as it is slightly greeny in colour until it hardens. They are most probably waiting for that. Link to post Share on other sites
Wizz 11 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Bloody hell! Our washing machine has a hot tap connected as well. Wow. Never noticed it. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Actually I just looked at our washing machine. One pipe going into it, but it's coming from a tap like this with hot and cold The warm one doesn't work though - perhaps having not being turned for however many years. I never noticed that. So presumably if both the hot and cold taps are working, I could simply turn off the cold and turn on the hot? As simple as that? A bit of foce and it does work. Hot water if I want! Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 In easy words, how is a light set up that is controlled by, say, 4 switches? No, let's say two lights, both controlled at the same time by the same 4 switches. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 (edited) It'd look like ... for 2 switches and any number of lights (the lights are irrelevant, really, they just all sit in parallel between the active and neutral) For more than 2 switches, you'd need DPDT switches intermediately ... sorta like the following image ... Thanks, Mr Google! Edited June 10, 2013 by JA Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I thought you wired lights off the same switches in parallel. In series, you'd split the voltage between them. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I thought you wired lights off the same switches in parallel. In series, you'd split the voltage between them. Yeah, you're right! My bad, trying to be quick with a response and stuffed up the basics. I'll edit the original so it reads correctly! Thanks for a sensible comment. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Can we have a correct version please? Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 both drawings above are correct. Link to post Share on other sites
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