im trying to wire my lights up there is three cables all with 1 red 1 black and 1 earth wot wires go together for system to work
three light loop system
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For your sake I hope you haven't disconnected any of them yet!
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my wife has when i was out any ideas wot i can do thanks
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Your wife eh?
Get yourself a multimeter & some choc blocks my friend. You've got some testing to do.
thanks 2 u 2 yeah my wife i have broken leg so i cant climb lol i have multimeter i will try this
2 of the black wires give off power can this be right
Yes.
Because you have disconnected the neutrals the disipated power has nowhere to go.
Be very careful working in this way.
Remember the black switch live should only become live when the switch is on.
Work safely.
Because you have disconnected the neutrals the disipated power has nowhere to go.
Be very careful working in this way.
Remember the black switch live should only become live when the switch is on.
Work safely.
You should be testing with all the power completely off.
Test to make sure.
Then do a continuity test on each cable.
If you test between black and red, you will get continuity on the switch cable when the switch is on. Then you will get no continuity between red and black when the switch is turned off.
Test to make sure.
Then do a continuity test on each cable.
If you test between black and red, you will get continuity on the switch cable when the switch is on. Then you will get no continuity between red and black when the switch is turned off.
coljw - please try to recognise the difference between a computer keyboard and a mobile phone.
ELZ4742 - we have one of the finest, most expressive and most comprehensive languages in the world.
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It is the language of some of the greatest writers and thinkers ever known.
For it to be debased by people writing "wot" instead of "what", and "u" instead of "you" and "2" instead of "to" because they simply cannot be bothered to do it properly is completely unacceptable.
Do you not mean I ??
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