Hi....
I'm a novice diyer who is trying to keep the other half smiling this weekend!!!
In short, i'm trying to change a bog standard landing pendant for a new fitting. The connector block on the new light has just 3 terminals....live, earth and nuetral. The old fitting had 4 wires coming from the ceiling. The normal red, black and earth and also another red. These were wired to the terminal block...one red to 'sw', one red to 'line loop in', black to neutral and earth to earth. Ive put some tape round the sw red wire and connected it to the other live. Now the light just stays on. It is usually operated by a switch on the landing and a switch on the hall and has worked fine. How do I connect the spare red wire? Do I need to get a 4 piece connector block to replace the one that was fitted to the new light fitting?
Any help will be welcomed.
I'm a novice diyer who is trying to keep the other half smiling this weekend!!!
In short, i'm trying to change a bog standard landing pendant for a new fitting. The connector block on the new light has just 3 terminals....live, earth and nuetral. The old fitting had 4 wires coming from the ceiling. The normal red, black and earth and also another red. These were wired to the terminal block...one red to 'sw', one red to 'line loop in', black to neutral and earth to earth. Ive put some tape round the sw red wire and connected it to the other live. Now the light just stays on. It is usually operated by a switch on the landing and a switch on the hall and has worked fine. How do I connect the spare red wire? Do I need to get a 4 piece connector block to replace the one that was fitted to the new light fitting?
Any help will be welcomed.