Hi
My girlfriend and I have just bought a flat. We wanted to replace the kitchen light fitting from a single dome style light to a 3 way halogen job from B&Q. When I took the old light off I am a bit confused by the colours of the wires!
Here's a pic of the ceiling rose. There's 2 cables joining at this rose from 2 conduits - each cable has 1 black, 1 red and 1 yellow cable. The yellows are joined together, the reds are joined together & the black cables were connected to the old light - 1 to the brown & 1 to the blue. So there was no earth on the kitchen light fitting (it was metal)! Is this right? :
Here's a pic of the connections in the light switch - the yellow cable is earthed! Does this mean the yellow cables in the ceiling are earth? To confirm there is just 1 switch in the kitchen. Im confused as elsewhere in the flat there is yellow/green earth wiring.
The new light we have bought says it needs earth attaching - im thinking the yellow wires must be earth then, but Ive never seen cable with black , red , yellow & no earth! Any help would be much appreciated!
Cheers
Gareth
My girlfriend and I have just bought a flat. We wanted to replace the kitchen light fitting from a single dome style light to a 3 way halogen job from B&Q. When I took the old light off I am a bit confused by the colours of the wires!
Here's a pic of the ceiling rose. There's 2 cables joining at this rose from 2 conduits - each cable has 1 black, 1 red and 1 yellow cable. The yellows are joined together, the reds are joined together & the black cables were connected to the old light - 1 to the brown & 1 to the blue. So there was no earth on the kitchen light fitting (it was metal)! Is this right? :
Here's a pic of the connections in the light switch - the yellow cable is earthed! Does this mean the yellow cables in the ceiling are earth? To confirm there is just 1 switch in the kitchen. Im confused as elsewhere in the flat there is yellow/green earth wiring.
The new light we have bought says it needs earth attaching - im thinking the yellow wires must be earth then, but Ive never seen cable with black , red , yellow & no earth! Any help would be much appreciated!
Cheers
Gareth