Wiring a Spotlight

[LordLost10]

I was wondering if someone may be able to help me wiring this spotlight up. I made an attempt yesterday. The spotlight came on but I could not turn it off at the switch!!!! I took a photograph before I removed the wiring from the ceiling and a photograph of the new spotlight connnections

Many thanks,


Richard

NEW SPOTLIGHT

• LordLost10
• 7 Nov 2010
• 1

EXISTING WIRING

• LordLost10
• 7 Nov 2010
• 1

 

[ban-all-sheds]

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

Except your job is even simpler:

1) You only have 1 loop cable - this is the last light on the circuit.

2) Your new light has the 4th terminal you need so you don't have to provide a bit of choc-block.


General note - (and this applies to everything in life, not just electrics) you would not have had problems if you'd decided it would be a good idea to learn how it worked before fiddling with it.

• http://web.archive.org/web/20080213151445/http://www.kevinboone.com/electricity.html
  
  
• http://web.archive.org/web/20080213151445/http://www.kevinboone.com/domesticinstallations.html
  
  
• //www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:books
  
  
• //www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics[/list]

 

[riveralt]

Take the two brown wires in the centre of the ceiling rose and place them together in the spare terminal block of your spotlight.
Take the blue wire with the brown sleeve on and place that in L on you spotlight block.
Take the the blue wire on the left (not the one to the pendant) and place that in N - take all the earths and place it in the earth terminal

 

[ban-all-sheds]

That's what I said.

 

[riveralt]

That's what I said.

I can see that now but when I typed my answer there were no responses to the question - I take it this site does not do automatic updates.

 

[LordLost10]

All done!! Thanks everyone for the advice, very much appreciated