Recent content by 00775

yes i see what you're saying but all wires seem visible (it's a wall light, not ceiling light) ie nothing plastered away. they are all sitting in a plastic casing, unless there is something behind the casing?!. i think i must have disturbed something though and as i can't fix it, i will just...

yes of course but there's nothing much to tell the electrician..other than i changed the light fittings over which isn't a massive DIY challenge (even for me!)..two worked fine..and so did the one that is now working..then i took the fitting off to replaster and when i put it back up, i was...

ok, just to be clear..you think the fault is at the good lamps rather than the one that doesn't work? its a bit confusing as the two good lamps seem to be on a different circuit to the one that doesn't work.. good to know about the fan being temperamental but the 'electrician' who came around...

there are two wall cables, one with black and red, the other with black red and earth. Both red wires have been capped off..the earth and two black wires connected to a junction box which is connected to live and neutral and the earth to the earth..then live, neutral, earth into the light...

P.P.S. the fan is a separate issue and the electrician said that reverse polarity had caused it to blow (so i assumed this was the same with the lights)..but he wouldn't give me a thorough explanation and was pretty anxious to leave..i didn't realise at the time but it was an expensive fan that...

That's ok..i'm just quite frustrated as i think it is something really simple that has gone wrong but don't know enough to correct it.. ..I basically changed all the wall lights to nicer ones and they were all working OK (2 are on one circuit which are fine and the broken one is on a...