Recent content by stevenaive

Electrician coming out Tuesday, says he’ll be removing floorboards and replacing the cabling, which sounds reassuring. Cost me but I’ve only myself to blame! Thanks for the help.

Well there wasn’t enough slack so I turned everything back on. 5 mins later there was a loud bang and a faint smell of burning. Kapow! The switch tripped again. I’ll be calling an electrician.

Do you mean there might be enough slack in the cable to pull it down to the switch? That would solve all my problems. I'll turn off the trip switch and see what's what...

I was trying to mount a holy water holder. God sending me a message?? Not sure where cable goes next.

Now that I look at it, it doesn't seem like I've broke the cable, just tore through the insulation, is it possible that I've merely tripped the switch because the drill head touched the exposed wire? I suppose I could somehow remove the plastic trunking by exposing the plaster all the way down...

That’s the thing. I already know that. I’m an idiot! Yes, EFLImpudence I can solder.

I had to crop the photo because it was too large for the forum. The grey wood to the side is architrave for a doorway. The ceiling above should be below the landing just atop some stairs. Below is some wall tiles and the kitchen floor, laminate over floorboards. Not sure what more the wall...

Bang, switch tripped at consumer unit and have not turned it back on. The adjacent water heater switch is still working. Chipped away to reveal plastic conduit. Time to call an electrician? I’m ok with wago boxes and have a cable tester but that’s about my limit.

Like a dream, thanks! The push fit connections on the ones I bought were pretty fiddly. I messed one of them up, fingers crossed they are now secure. Onto the living room lights next - going from a multi spot to a single light and there's a whole lot of wires. :LOL:

I'll be long gone by the time these bad boys fail. The suspect light was indeed the only one working, great advice from all. Thanks!

There was only one transformer, on the light above the shower. I removed it. Ended up buying these: https://www.screwfix.com/p/luceco-ftype-fixed-fire-rated-led-led-downlight-white-6w-600lm/7046t

Oh good, that will hopefully save me some bother. Fingers crossed.

Well I managed to get them done. Only one is lighting up so I'd better rip them all back out tomorrow. Should have bought that connecter....

Very good info, thanks. I was wondering about the transformer on the shower light. I've had a dig around the loose insulation and it looks like it can be shifted away from the light units. Off to screwfix! Oh, will the aurora lights still require the connector block that you mentioned earlier?

Thanks, no there's just roof space above. There is some loose insulation present though, and I think some of the lights are pretty tightly packed in by it, which is a concern.