Hi,
I've bought a new light fitting, but am struggling to understand how to wire it correctly. The image in the following link matches what I am trying to do, but the wiring seems to be different to what I currently have:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/528/chockblock3nk.gif/
As per the diagram, in the light switch, I have a red wire attached to "COM" and a black wire with red sleeve attached to "L1".
However when it comes to the ceiling rose, this seems to be different. See the image below:
The wiring clearly shows that the black wire with red sleeve (from the ceiling) is connected to the blue wire of the light. It also shows that the black wire (from the ceiling) is connected to the brown wire of the light. which is backwards!
However, the light switch is not upside and if ,when I put the new light fitting in, I follow the wiring from the diagram in the above link, the light switch will then be upside down (i.e. light will be on when in the switch is set to off).
The only thing I can assume is that the red sleeve is on the wrong black cable ... does anyone agree with this? If I wire up the new light to match how it is currently wired will this cause any problems?
Also, the 2 red wires, can these be simply twisted together and placed in the same side of the terminal, or should I have one in one side and the other in the otherside ... and does it make any difference?!
I've purposely not mentioned the earth's for simplicity, as I know I need to connect these up, and they are easy to do!
Sorry for all the questions in my first post, but I will be very grateful for any advice.
Thanking you in advance,
Alex
I've bought a new light fitting, but am struggling to understand how to wire it correctly. The image in the following link matches what I am trying to do, but the wiring seems to be different to what I currently have:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/528/chockblock3nk.gif/
As per the diagram, in the light switch, I have a red wire attached to "COM" and a black wire with red sleeve attached to "L1".
However when it comes to the ceiling rose, this seems to be different. See the image below:
The wiring clearly shows that the black wire with red sleeve (from the ceiling) is connected to the blue wire of the light. It also shows that the black wire (from the ceiling) is connected to the brown wire of the light. which is backwards!
However, the light switch is not upside and if ,when I put the new light fitting in, I follow the wiring from the diagram in the above link, the light switch will then be upside down (i.e. light will be on when in the switch is set to off).
The only thing I can assume is that the red sleeve is on the wrong black cable ... does anyone agree with this? If I wire up the new light to match how it is currently wired will this cause any problems?
Also, the 2 red wires, can these be simply twisted together and placed in the same side of the terminal, or should I have one in one side and the other in the otherside ... and does it make any difference?!
I've purposely not mentioned the earth's for simplicity, as I know I need to connect these up, and they are easy to do!
Sorry for all the questions in my first post, but I will be very grateful for any advice.
Thanking you in advance,
Alex