Ceiling light wiring help please

[W1ldstallion]

Hi there,

I just went to change the light fitting in one of our rooms, and came up against three separate cables coming from the ceiling. I guess the blue with the brown sleeve is the switch, so can anyone provide some advice on how I should wire these up in a connector?

If I go to B&Q and buy a three way connector, will this help?

Thanks in advance

 

[chivers67]

Connect the three (Neutral) Blues up together - the two coming down and the light fitting blue. Connect the three Brown Lives together coming down.

Connect the Light fitting's Brown to the Switched lived Sleeved blue

You can look at the Wiki is there enough space to accommodate it all in the Light fitting

https://www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics:Lighting-Circuit-layouts

https://www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics:Single-way-lighting

 

[winston1]

Did you not take a photo or notes of how the old fitting was wired?

 

[W1ldstallion]

Thanks Chivers, so like in the photo below?

So the three brown wires are not connected to anything in the light fitting?

 

[W1ldstallion]

Did you not take a photo or notes of how the old fitting was wired?

Unfortunately not

 

[EFLImpudence]

Picture is right.

 

[W1ldstallion]

Will this item suffice? I guess I just use four of the six connections slots.

Thanks

 

[chivers67]

If it's fully enclosed inside the light, yes. You can snip the unused two off to make it smaller

 

[martin hill]

Use wago's instead. Much easier. No come back yet so hope this guy ok.