Hi guys. I'm hoping someone can offer me some advice.
The previous owner of the house I moved into 18 months ago went downlight-crazy, installing them all over the place. Last week, the 8 lights on the landing all flickered and went out. Being the landing lights, the lights are switched from both a dimmer on the landing and a switch downstairs.
I had a look in the loft and it seems each lamp has the main lighting cable going into a chocolate block connector, which then has both wiring to the individual transformer and another run of cable going on to the next lamp. With this being the case, I'm surprised that all the lights would fail at once. Wouldn't this wiring mean that a transformer failure would only take out 1 lamp?
If my assumptions are correct (which they're probably not - electrics and lighting are not something I claim to understand!!), having checked the main fusebox, what would take all the lights out at once? Would failure of the dimmer switch take all the lights out in one go?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!!
The previous owner of the house I moved into 18 months ago went downlight-crazy, installing them all over the place. Last week, the 8 lights on the landing all flickered and went out. Being the landing lights, the lights are switched from both a dimmer on the landing and a switch downstairs.
I had a look in the loft and it seems each lamp has the main lighting cable going into a chocolate block connector, which then has both wiring to the individual transformer and another run of cable going on to the next lamp. With this being the case, I'm surprised that all the lights would fail at once. Wouldn't this wiring mean that a transformer failure would only take out 1 lamp?
If my assumptions are correct (which they're probably not - electrics and lighting are not something I claim to understand!!), having checked the main fusebox, what would take all the lights out at once? Would failure of the dimmer switch take all the lights out in one go?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!!