Recent content by tinstar

Fair comment, although my belief is that it is still earthed from the previous operation of the fitting some years ago, I would be happy to follow your advice to be safe. Could I "test the resistance" myself? Which testing tool would I need if so? Also, assuming it is earthed - could someone...

As I said earlier, there were initially 2 wires (red and black) until I investigated further and uncovered the additional entombed red and unsheathed wires. There are four wires including 2 red, 1 black and 1 unsheathed: The yellow tape covers the exposed copper. I hope this makes...

Thanks, but still confused. 1 - The two reds from the wall go into the same terminal in the connection block? 2 - I get that the black from the wall goes into the corresponding blue terminal from the light fitting. 3 - Not sure what you mean about the extra length for the Earth. The...

Thanks for the assistance. It spurred me on to establish, after some extensive googling, whether there was an Earth present entombed in the wall, and it turns out there are another 2 wires making 4 in all from which I can attach the new fitting. They are enclosed within 2 grey cables; one...

Hello, I'm trying to replace an indoor wall light with a brand new fitting. The problem is I'm not sure which configuration the connections should be to get it working! Thre are two wires protruding from the wall; 1 red (presumably live) 1 black (neutral or earth?). The new fitting has a...

The old socket cover has 1 earth, 1 neutral & 1 live. Into which three cables feed - each consisting of 1 earth, 1 neutral and 1 live - a total of 3 x 3 wires (9) in all. The new double socket fascia has an additional Earth "hole" - as well as the "N" & "L" inputs. I just inserted the 3...

Thanks, that did it, as already had previous light fitting to use as reference for the brown and blue, just put additional new yellow/green to terminal marked E and new light fitting now working fine. Should've just kept dusty old 4 hole block in the first place and ignored attractive new 3...

Hi, can anyone please help feed a new light fitting with 3 wires (yellow/green, blue, brown) into the existing old ceiling wiring consisting of: - 2xred (into existing LIVE) - 2xgreen (into existing EARTH) - 1xblack (into existing unlabelled) - 1xblack (into existing unlabelled) (i.e...