Recent content by czeeczee

It must be me- I'm a total Jonah. Obviously I'm as much of a disaster with websites as I am with electrics. I do have Physics A level but since I'm doing well these days to get out of the house with two shoes the same colour it's likely I've forgotten most of it. I did spend some time...

I am happy to report that Elvis has left the building....and left the lights on behind him!! I stuffed 'em all into one hole. Makes sense now, since when I look at it the connector block I was using didn't...er...connect between the different channels. I will still get someone less inept to...

I am happy to report that Elvis has left the building....and left the lights on behind him!! I stuffed 'em all into one hole. Makes sense now, since when I look at it the connector block I was using didn't...er...connect between the different channels. I will still get someone less inept to...

What's a loop connector? Hang on a minute - I seem to remember something hitting the floor and bouncing under the bed when I took the old one off. The dead flies landing on my face were putting me off a bit. Is there more than one kind of connector block? Cos if there is I bet the right one...

I'm doing that, honest! I have three reds in a connector block off to one side for wrapping with insulating tape, I have two blacks in the neutral connection of the light fitting, I have a green one in earth and I have a fourth red in the live of the light fitting. I have little or no clue...

...of waiting for electrician and thought I'd save a bit of time by doing this myself. I must have been off my trolley! This is almost enough to make me sorry I'm not married to the very practical man I used to be married to..... Anyway...I've defo been along the right lines. I have managed...

Am beginning to think I'm terminally thick! The two reds at the switch was spot on. So I assumed that the cable with two red wires coming out of it was the one with the live switched wire. There are two other cables, both with one red and one black. I'm putting the two black from these into...

Thanks for that - I'll have a look at the switch. But that would suggest that one of the reds goes in the live, and both blacks in the neutral, with the other 3 reds terminated. I tried that - best I achieved was to get the thing to light, but it wouldn't switch off. I think I hate it.....

I'm trying to replace a ceiling light and the wiring has got me stumped. There are four red, two black and a green. One cable has a black and a red coming out of it and I thought the black would be the switched live wire (neither of the black ones has a red sheath). But if it is, I then only...