Light Fitting

snake7 · 6 Jul 2006

I went to fit a new light in a bedroom,it has 3 red,3 black and 3 earth wires,the 3 red are a loop as far as i can see,2 of the black are neutral and 1 black is live.
I fitted the new light, went to switch it on and it went bang blowing a main fuse.
Re-wired the light again using connectors,this time no bang but the light stays on all the time even when the switch is off,can you please help..thanks.

johnny_t · 6 Jul 2006

Where have you got the light connected across ? It should be between the single black wire (switched live), and the two black wires (neutral).

Alternatively, if you originally connected the switch up incorrectly between permanent live and neutral, you may have b*ggered it.

EDIT: I'm assuming the wires you describe above are at the ceiling rose with no light present.

snake7 · 6 Jul 2006

yes the wires are at the ceiling rose.

I have fitted the brown wire of the light fitting to the single black [live] and the blue to the 2 black [neutral] and the 3 red wires all together in a connector..

erm,the only thing is i put a new switch on aswell,do you think it could be that as the light fitting wires look right..

Adam_151 · 6 Jul 2006

Is it a dimmer switch?

snake7 · 6 Jul 2006

Its not a dimmer,its a one gang one way

johnny_t · 6 Jul 2006

The wiring sounds right. Do you have a multimeter to help chase down the problem ?

snake7 · 6 Jul 2006

just phoned my wife to get one as she works in a DIY store,will check the wiring then let you know....thanks for all your help most appreciated.

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