MackemMagic
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Need some advice re a lighting circuit if possible?
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Hes dropped a pm. Think it's sorted.Love a DIY sparky thread me, lets have it
Have you remembered to switch the juice back on at the circuit breaker?I'm trying to replace an old rose type light ceiling light with a new double insulated light...cannot seem to replicate with the connectors to get it to work.
Lets hope he actually isolated it in first place.Have you remembered to switch the juice back on at the circuit breaker?
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Start again. What does the last sentence mean?I'm trying to replace an old rose type light ceiling light with a new double insulated light...cannot seem to replicate with the connectors to get it to work.
Gripfill.Need some advice re a lighting circuit if possible?
Definitely gripfillI'm trying to replace an old rose type light ceiling light with a new double insulated light...cannot seem to replicate with the connectors to get it to work.
Ha the lost switch wire situation, I used to get loads of these when I worked for the councilDefinitely switched it off and back on. Sick off getting up and down the ladder, and I'm still here!
Even went back to basic and wired up the loop in to live/neutral and made sure the light itself was working and it stayed on.
I'd guess he's confused because it's the type of ceiling rose that has built in junction box terminals. There will be connections at the ceiling rose for the mains to loop in and out to the next light fitting. He'll just have two wires on his new fitting but more wires and connections at the rose. If he's just took all the wires out of the rose he likely doesn't know which is the switched live. Especially if it is using a neutral wire and isn't marked as a live.Start again. What does the last sentence mean?
Start again. What does the last sentence mean?
Pretty much this, old ceiling rose and the new light just needed live/neural. At the ceiling rose the cables weren't labelled and the neutral wasn't marked as switched live, but it was at the switch itself.I'd guess he's confused because it's the type of ceiling rose that has built in junction box terminals. There will be connections at the ceiling rose for the mains to loop in and out to the next light fitting. He'll just have two wires on his new fitting but more wires and connections at the rose. If he's just took all the wires out of the rose he likely doesn't know which is the switched live. Especially if it is using a neutral wire and isn't marked as a live.
Bang on.I'd guess he's confused because it's the type of ceiling rose that has built in junction box terminals. There will be connections at the ceiling rose for the mains to loop in and out to the next light fitting. He'll just have two wires on his new fitting but more wires and connections at the rose. If he's just took all the wires out of the rose he likely doesn't know which is the switched live. Especially if it is using a neutral wire and isn't marked as a live.