Problems with wiring halogen spots to ceiling.

mr-ed

Hi there
I have just wired up a halogen spotlight bar in my kitchen and wired it correctly (I thought!) using this- http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=81121
thread as a guide.
When I switched on the lights, ok, and no MCB trip, but when I tried to put my hall lights on (also halogen) at the same time they wouldn't work. I switched off the kitchen lights and the hall lights came on but much fainter than normal and the kitchen lights also came back on very faint. Have I put in the wrong switched live?
Any help would be most appreciated.

Steve · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:11 pm Post Subject:

hall lights and kitchen lights are in series somehow. Sounds like you've taken the wrong wire as switched live.

mr-ed · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:20 pm Post Subject:

Thanks for that, so all I have to do is find the correct switched live wire then? shouldn't be to hard, there are only three black wires........so how many permutations is that?? LOL

mr-ed · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:40 pm Post Subject:

got it fixed thanks

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