ive done most of the electric stuff around the house fine i just wasnt sure how to go from a ceiling rose to a modern light fitting thats all....
If you imagine a standard ceiling rose, well lets not, here's one
Based on old version of core colours
*The earths/CPCs to the earth terminal, that's easy enough!
*We then have the neutral loop in this case on the left, where the two blacks are connected to the blue flex of lampholder. These blacks loop the neutrals around the lighting circuit
*Then on the right, we have the switch live, where the brown flex is (nearly always labelled "live" on the roses and fittings, which can be confusing if this is not your thing)
this is connected to the returning live from the switch (often black with red sleeve, but can be red also), which becomes live when the switch is closed/in on position.
*The central section is known as the live loop, this is where the permanent lives are connected (generally reds). Two of these are cables that loop in and loop out, from and to other fittings on the lighting circuit and the third takes a live feed to the switch, that returns via closing the switch via the red sleeved black (in this case)
NB: If this was the last light on a loop-in circuit, there would be one less yellow&green (earth/CPC) black (neutral) and red (live) as there would be no other light to loop to
So when it comes to replacing a ceiling rose with the more modern fittings, what you are in doing in reality, is replacing the live loop of ceiling rose with an additional connector. (some fittings do actually come with 4 ports, so the spare can be looped live and some also provide the terminal connector) then everything else is as normal.
and also i was confirming that the HELPFUL person who responded was refering to a "choc block"....
PS.
choc bloc is an enclosure for connection strips/blocks
PPS.
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