Recent content by walders

Thanks for your replies. I was struggling to find a reliable earth - the earth cable in the flex had been cut right back, so there was no access to it without stripping back some of the sheath. The black was indeed neutral, with grey as switched live. That surprised me, I hadn't realised...

Hi, this is my first post - please bear with me. I've searched around, but can't find an answer to this... I am replacing an extractor fan above our bathroom. It seemed so easy. the old fan had 3 wires coming in: black, brown, grey (switched live, permanent live, neutral, respectively)...