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Many thanks to everyone and especially to Terryplumb….everything now on the way to completion :)

I do understand that the 3 cables are loop in, loop out and switch … it’s just identifying which is which

Yes, I’ll do it myself. I successfully fitted one of these light junction boxes a couple of years ago. I’d just like some guidance on fitting a new light fitting onto these existing wires… I’m not a complete idiot though I grant that you’d be forgiven for thinking so. I don’t really want to have...

Mmmm.... Yes to 1,2, and 3 …the live I got the shock from had lost its casing hence the red tape, I guess.

Okay, just discovered (with a shock) that there was a “concealed‘ wire…. We now have two cables each with E, N, L and the third with E, N, and the red taped live (from which I just got a small shock) …. It was this red taped wire that I previously thought was a black wire with red tape….the two...

Hi Terry, the earths are F …. A&B were blocked together, C&D (blacks) were blocked together, E (black with red tape) was separate and The earths F were together…l

Thank you Terry, if we call the wires (working anti-clockwise from the live (red) at about 6 o’clock …A, B, C, D, E, F, then, as far as I remember, A & B (both red) we’re connected by a block, C&D (both black were connected by a block, E a black cable with red tape wrapped round it, was in a...

Thank you all… I did wonder if that was the case but I’m simple :-) I hope the pic is clear enough to give you some idea of what’s going on…or not

I noticed a slight ’electrical’ burning smell in my dining room. I had to hang a shelf for my daughter and thought, I’ll get back to that in a few minutes. While I was hanging the shelf I heard a pop and thought it was a light bulb blowing. When I went downstairs the ground floor lights were all...