new light in bathroom

[rembrant]

WE had our bathroom light changed by an electrician ,from an ordinary bayonet fitting to a modern spot .But it does'nt give enough light. I want to change this now to a fitting that gives us more light , the problem is there is only a live and neuteral going in to the new spot light and the replacement fitting ive bought requires an earth. How do i go about connecting a earth wire.???????

 

[andy]

WE had our bathroom light changed by an electrician ,from an ordinary bayonet fitting to a modern spot .But it does'nt give enough light. I want to change this now to a fitting that gives us more light , the problem is there is only a live and neuteral going in to the new spot light and the replacement fitting ive bought requires an earth. How do i go about connecting a earth wire.???????

does any of the other lights have an earth? if not it might be time for a re-wire

 

[rembrant]

Yes other lights in house are earthed.The original bathroom fitting was earthed ,but the new one isn't.

 

[andy]

Yes other lights in house are earthed.The original bathroom fitting was earthed ,but the new one isn't.

so where did the earth go if it was originally there?

 

[fido]

Are you sure it's a mains spotlight and not a low voltage one? If it is mains you can see if there is surplus cable that can be pulled through and stripped back to get at the earth wire.

 

[rembrant]

The electrician has fitted a junction box in loft above bathroom and live and neutral come out to new spot in bathroom ,shall i run a new earth in to this junction box???? Reply please...

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Is there an incoming earth there?

 

[fido]

If the new fitting has leads already attached and they will reach the junction box you could connect them directly. Otherwise you will need to run a new length of twin & earth cable from the junction box to the terminals / terminal block of the fitting. You then need to check voltages between live & earth, live & neutral and neutral and earth at the light. If you are not happy about doing this last bit, get an electrician to do it.