Hi there, I changed a standard ceiling rose light with a spotlight and all was well, light turned on and off, dimmed correctly etc. However, after a while of running (couple of hours) the light went out. When I went and looked it was very hot and after it cooled down I took it apart and found the innards were melted although the wiring itself was perfectly intact.
The wires coming from the wall are:
3 red wires
3 green and yellow wires
2 black wires
1 black wire with a small amount of red sheath on it (I assume it is the switch)
I wired this up by joining all the red wires together but did not connect them to the spotlight as I assumed these were the loop.
I wired the 2 black wires together and connected them to the blue wire on the spotlight.
I wired the 3 green and yellow together and connected them to the green and yellow on the spotlight.
I wired the 1 black wire with the red sheath to the brown wire on the spotlight.
Did I wire the light up incorrectly? If not then does anybody have any idea why it would have melted?
Thanks in advance for your help.
The wires coming from the wall are:
3 red wires
3 green and yellow wires
2 black wires
1 black wire with a small amount of red sheath on it (I assume it is the switch)
I wired this up by joining all the red wires together but did not connect them to the spotlight as I assumed these were the loop.
I wired the 2 black wires together and connected them to the blue wire on the spotlight.
I wired the 3 green and yellow together and connected them to the green and yellow on the spotlight.
I wired the 1 black wire with the red sheath to the brown wire on the spotlight.
Did I wire the light up incorrectly? If not then does anybody have any idea why it would have melted?
Thanks in advance for your help.