Changing ceiling light

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• 8 Apr 2015

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Hello everyone

I just had my ceiling redone. The plasterer showed me how to refit the old light, but we have decided to replace it with a better looking one.

Problem is the wiring looks very different... and he has not responded to any of my calls. All I need to know is what to connect where and I can do the rest.

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The first thing to get clear in my head is whether I use the junction box attached to the ceiling wires or the one attached to the light rose? Also, there doesn't appear to be an Earth in the light wires?

I'd be extremely grateful for any help...it's not possible to explain things too simply! Thanks for reading....

 

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Earth on the fitting the the terminal between live and neutral with possibly strange looking symbol, it is attached to a tab on the metalwork of the fitting. It must be connected

Your two blocks together are your neutral, your single black with the brown tape is the switched live and the three reds are the unswitched live which must be connected together but not to the fitting

 

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deleted - bits of OP have appeared which I didn't initially see!

 

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Ahh, I think I get it now. The unswitched lives must stay attached together but are not attached to the light. I put them in the spare little plastic terminal box provided with the light to insulate them.

Then I put the switched live into the (live) terminal block on the light. Is that correct?

Thank you Adam and John for your replies.. Much appreciated.

 

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• 8 Apr 2015

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Yes, and the neutral in the neutral, and the earth into the earth terminal.

 

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Job done. Light is looking fantastic...really, really happy.

Thank you so much Adam, John and Taylor for taking the time to help me out. Much appreciated

 

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MadameHardy said:

Thank you so much Adam, John and Taylor for taking the time to help me out. Much appreciated

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I don't deserve any credit. For some reason, when I first saw your initial post, and replied to it, the photos weren't there, but when I subsequently saw them, they made nonsense of what I'd written - so I had to delete it!

Glad things are sorted (no thanks to me!), anyway!

Kind Regards, John