Recent content by mw360

Okay thanks for your responses, they've been really helpful. I'm 90% certain now that you're right and the loop branches out to the ensuite and the mystery cable powers something that no longer exists. I've bypassed the rose and the mystery cable by connecting the three parts of the loop so...

Yes, I'm changing my story, sorry. There are three black wires arriving at the neutral terminal and one blue. As for misunderstanding your post, I've re-read it and think I get it now. You said I have two lamps, which I don't so skipped over that part, but you're saying that my mystery...

There's no fan in the ensuite yet, nothing else that takes power other than a single light. Loft light, though, I think you might be onto something there. I think I'm going up onto the loft anyway. The length of available wire is too short to connect to the rose without flying into a rage...

Okay thanks. Quick replies! So lets say there's an extra cable to take the supply to two extra fittings instead of one, that makes sense I suppose. That leaves me with one more cable, the red/blue one. The red is connected to the Live terminals in your diagram, sharing it with the black wire...

Hi there, I've tried to change a broken ceiling rose and discovered the following wiring. It's got me baffled and I'm very reluctant to just add in a new rose without understanding what's happening. Ignoring earth, this is what I've found... There are FIVE 3-core cables entering the rose...