Wiring a Spotlight

LordLost10 · 7 Nov 2010

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
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TicklyT · 7 Nov 2010

Both brown wires together in the unmarked connection on the right in your picture.
The blue on the right of the 'old' rose marked with a brown sleeve to L.
The blue on the left to N.
Yellow/greens to earth.

If you tried connecting both browns to L and both blues to N you may well have fried your switch.

ban-all-sheds · 7 Nov 2010

chivers67 said:
Normally the switch has a sleeve on the neutral to denote it's a "live" return,

If it's a neutral how can it also be a live, or vice-versa?

This needs to be connected to the positve terminal of the spotlight as when the switch is in the on position this then becomes live.

It's an AC appliance - it does not have a positive terminal.

LordLost10 · 7 Nov 2010

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

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