Reconnection of Loft Light after complete House Re-wire

[firefighter1]

Hello all, my home has recently been fully rewired, just noticed that the electricians that carried out the work have left my loft light disconnected, i want to reconnect but i am having difficulty in finding a 1.0mm t&e that is live because all the old cables were left in situ, how can i test to find the correct cable to tap in to using a junction box, any help would be gratefully received.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Surely it can't be that hard to locate one of the upstairs lights?

 

[firefighter1]

Tried a cable today & proved to be dead.

 

[riveralt]

Tried a cable today & proved to be dead.

RIP then!

Get the spark back to fix the light if it was part of the contract.

All the new cables should have the new colour scheme (brown = live blue = neutral and CPC)

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Surely it can't be that hard to locate one of the upstairs lights?

 

[firefighter1]

OK Gents, i am new to the forum and thought i would just ask for a little help, thanks for positive answers, the cable are all new colours, so i presume i just search for the nearest cable coming in to the loft from the rooms below.

 

[ricicle]

Make sure it is not a switch cable though - there will be no Neutral.
Follow safe isolation procedures as well.

 

[firefighter1]

Thanks for that ricicle, do you mean there will be no neutral if it is a switch cable?

 

[ricicle]

Thanks for that ricicle, do you mean there will be no neutral if it is a switch cable?

There will just be a permanent line and switched line in a switch cable.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

OK Gents, i am new to the forum and thought i would just ask for a little help, thanks for positive answers, the cable are all new colours, so i presume i just search for the nearest cable coming in to the loft from the rooms below.

Why not search for one of the lights in one of the rooms below?

 

[ricicle]

Duplicate post

 

[firefighter1]

I May be missing something here, so just 2 wires in a switched cable?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

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

 

[firefighter1]

Thanks for link, but now i am totally confused!!!!

 

[ColJack]

undo all of the ceiling roses on the floor below.
find the one with only 2 cables into it.
that's the last one on the radial.
connect a new wire to that one from your loft light, via a switch..

job done..

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wires 2 and 3 are the switch wires for that light.
wires 4 and 5 are the live in and live out ( you will be wiring the brown of your new wire to here. )
wires 6 and 7 are the neutral in and out. ( you wire the blue to here )
the earths go in the block at the top..