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Cool, that's as good a reason as any! Hopefully unrelated, I've just had a report that the kitchen sockets have tripped twice today. This can't be anything to do with my excellent light fitting installation can it! :lol:

Don't worry ricicle, I never touch an energised system, I'm a nervous nerys in all situations. I discovered the 3 downstream lights not working when the neutrals were disconnected when I was fitting the kitchen light. I hit a snag with the the fitting and decided to leave it for the next day...

This is very interesting, I'd no idea there was so much variation in wiring. It could be a cost cutting measure. It's not my house, it's a friends house and when it was wired she worked with the electrician to get the costs cut down to a minimum (safely of course). So it's possible the...

There are two landing lights before the kitchen lights, then a further 3 lights after the kitchen lights. The 3 lights stop working if the neutrals are disconnected. (No surprise there) There is also an outside light and a smoke detector on this circuit. The two landing lights and the 3...

No, not an extension the house has been very recently rewired. There are two lights controlled by a single two gang switch.

Ah thanks that's very interesting I haven't come across that before. Only one last thing confuses: it's only the two kitchen lights that have this, the rest of downstairs have just a neutral live and earth. Wouldn't all the lights on the circuit have the same set up? I'm sure I'm missing...

Thanks for the info, I'm very dim indeed. Why is it done like this on just two lights on the downstairs circuit? Is there some advantage to it, or does it serve a special purpose? I can't find any diagrams on the web with extra neutral. Thanks again (just curious, all is well).

Hi, I have a situation that sounds very similar to the one at http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=148126 - not sure if I should bump or not. Anyway, I've just replaced the kitchen lights and they're working just fine, but I'm worried about the extra neutral wire in the two kitchen...