Hi guys,
Firstly, just wanted to say 'hello' and say how glad I am that I've discovered this forum in my hour of need!
I've been replacing a ceiling rose with a halogen strip. The wiring is a standard loop system, I believe, so I followed these instructions, terminating the three red wires and identifying the switched live using a multimeter.
Now the light appears to be working but the problem is that when the light is switched OFF, if the light in one of the rooms next door is switched on it causes the halogen lights to glow. Also, if they are on low setting (its on a dimmer but I've made sure I've got a double-wattage dimmer - 400W for 4x50W bulbs) and the light in the room next door gets turned on, it causes the brightness to increase quite a lot. Finally, if they are on maximum brightness, the light in the room next door won't work at all. I've tried it with other lights on the same circuit and they seem unaffected, it just seems to be this one.
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of things to check, I've got a multimeter etc just short on ideas!
I appreciate this is my first post so thanks in advance for your assistance :0)
Regards,
Joe
Firstly, just wanted to say 'hello' and say how glad I am that I've discovered this forum in my hour of need!
I've been replacing a ceiling rose with a halogen strip. The wiring is a standard loop system, I believe, so I followed these instructions, terminating the three red wires and identifying the switched live using a multimeter.
Now the light appears to be working but the problem is that when the light is switched OFF, if the light in one of the rooms next door is switched on it causes the halogen lights to glow. Also, if they are on low setting (its on a dimmer but I've made sure I've got a double-wattage dimmer - 400W for 4x50W bulbs) and the light in the room next door gets turned on, it causes the brightness to increase quite a lot. Finally, if they are on maximum brightness, the light in the room next door won't work at all. I've tried it with other lights on the same circuit and they seem unaffected, it just seems to be this one.
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of things to check, I've got a multimeter etc just short on ideas!
I appreciate this is my first post so thanks in advance for your assistance :0)
Regards,
Joe