Help ceiling light on won't turn off damsel in distress!!!!

[Painey1980]

Help im a damsel in distress...........I have installed a new ceiling light today. I had 3 gray cables coming out of the ceiling one had 2 red wires 1 bare copper 2nd gray cable had 1 black wire 1 red wire and 1 bare and the last gray cable had 1 black wire 1 red wire and 1 bare copper All 3 bare coppers are twisted together

I installed the light putting the 2 of red into the empty terminal on the junction box 2 black into neutral the 2 red into live and the bare copper into earth, but now the light won't go off!!


What have I done wrong ?????

 

[skenk]

One of the twin reds goes to the light (you will have to try them one-at-a-time, switching power off in-between), the other three in an empty terminal. The two blacks connected to the neutral on the light. If the light needs an earth connect that to the others.

Turn off before messing with wires

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Put your black cables to neutral terminal.(blue flex side of light fitting)
The two red cables from the red and black twins plus one of the reds from the red twins all together in a separate terminal/connection block or loop terminal if ceiling rose.
The left over red to live side of light fitting(brown flex side on light)
All earths to earth terminal, this bare copper should have a green and yellow, PVC sleeve fitted over it!
That should do it!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

What have I done wrong ?????

Two things:

1) Not making a note of which wire went where before taking it all apart.

2) Thinking that it would be perfectly OK for you to do things to your wiring without first taking the trouble to find out how it works.

//www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:lighting