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    Please help me understand this wiring

    ooooh yeah, I feel like an idiot, I'll do that now - nice one!
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    Please help me understand this wiring

    Unfortunately, I had to move the location of the light, which left the sheathing way too far back to cut the wires down. That would have been my preferred method in the first place, but the new light didn't fit in the space the old light was, and needed to be located 100mm further away. The...
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    Please help me understand this wiring

    I think that's one issue I'm not going to be able to fix, as I don't want to cut the wires back as there's not much cable in there. Is it not being neat a danger? I assumed the jacket on the wires prevents any issues? If it's literally a fire hazard, I'll definitely fix
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    Please help me understand this wiring

    This is how it's looking:
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    Please help me understand this wiring

    ah cool, OK, that's already done. It's just one of the standard cheapo enclosures from Wickes that clips shut, will that be adequate?
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    Please help me understand this wiring

    It's not a downlighter, just for reference, does that change anything? As in none of the light itself is in the ceiling - I already have the terminal block in one the cheap terminal cases, is that OK?
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    Please help me understand this wiring

    Done! Thanks Pete, appreciate the help, it's all working. Just a quick question: I didn't have room to house any of the cabling inside the new light, so I had to push everything, including the new terminal, back into the ceiling into all the fibreglass insulation. Is that OK, or is it worth...
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    Please help me understand this wiring

    lol great advice. Having taken down the old light, the wiring makes sense to me much more now, I think the other wires were throwing me off a bit. Thanks for the help, I'll drop a reply to let you know I haven't blown the house up!
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    Please help me understand this wiring

    OK, so essentially, I'm keeping all the terminal blocks in place, and the only thing I'm actually doing is sticking the light on the end of where the old light was?
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    Please help me understand this wiring

    Cool mate, thanks. So in this instance, treat the red as neutral black/blue, and the brown as live red/brown? Or have I completely misunderstood you?
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    Please help me understand this wiring

    Hi Pete, Hey thanks for the reply. So the colours make sense, that's all good, but the brown sleeved one is the single live I need? Is there a reason why the red isn't live in this instance? Do I take it that I can just leave the rest capped off and stuff them into the ceiling?
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    Please help me understand this wiring

    Hi everyone, I'm just switching out a fluorescent light in my utility room for a little LED ceiling light, and I'm very confused by this wiring: I don't quite understand what I'm looking at, since the live doesn't appear to be going anywhere, and I'm further confused about why there is so...
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    Extremely dirty eaves space - is it possible to clean rockwool, I should I replace?

    I got some rubble sacks from Wickes. I also got a coverall suit, but I probably wouldn’t bother next time. Just mask, gloves, and long sleeve top tucked into the gloves and trousers tucked into socks. It rolls up as small as you want it to, really. Each span I had was around 7 feet long, and I...
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    Extremely dirty eaves space - is it possible to clean rockwool, I should I replace?

    I had exactly the same views as you do now, and in the end, the amount of dust you will kick up trying to clean it is 100% more than if you stick on a pair of gloves and just slowly, and carefully roll it up. I produced almost no dust this way, and it was the properly crap old school glass...
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    Extremely dirty eaves space - is it possible to clean rockwool, I should I replace?

    Having just done this this week, I would highly recommend you just rip it up and bag it. Takes less than an hour to reinstall, and you get to clean the space properly and have peace of mind.
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