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At the connection point are 2 red wires, 2 black and 2 earth. I have taken the red as live and black as neutral The red tape round the earth is where they wired them both together. The kitchen light switch has 2 switches. 1 for the kitchen lights and the other for the front room. this is...

Hello mate When i first put the fuse back in only 2 of the 4 lights came on. I went to the light switch and flicked the switch and it blew. I checked all the wires,replaced the fuse and it blew straight away with the light switch on I dont have a voltage tester I noticed the earth...

Hi I have just installed 4 downlights in my kitchen. I wired them up and put the fuse back in. I turned the power on and the fuse blew. I rechecked the wires and put some new fuse wire in, turned the power back on and again it blew. I put 6 in the front room last month with no issues. Any...

Folks, imagine the scene. Holes in the ceiling where spot lights used to be. They need patching up. I cut some plasterboard to the same width as the holes....90mm....but around 2 inches longer. I put no nails on the ends and put it into the void and pulled it down with a nail so it set. I...

Hi mate, I will have 6 downlights in the front room. And 4 in the kitchen.The lights are 240v 50 watts. The rest of the questions i dont know the answers to :oops: The only way i can explane it is, downstairs there is only 2 lights currently on the circuit (1 front room and 1 kitchen )...

Hello everyone, Yep, im new and im probably going to ask a really stupid question. if i do feel free to chuck abuse at me I am doing my small 1 bed house up and have brought a load of mains downlighters. I want to put them in the ground floor ceiling in the living room and kitchen. In each...