Hi all. Any help with this please? An elderly uncle wants me to replace his bathroom light and has sent me this pic of the old one up there now. Not seen that kind before to be honest. I'm assuming that once unscrewed it will reveal the usual twin and earth going into it?
Bathroom light replacement
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I expect there's other stuff above the light that may need attention...... But, in general, a simple swop.
Meaning? .... ( just want to be prepared)
The basic connection to the light itself will just be three wires:live, neutral and earth. But also, there may be another several more wires, possibly tucked up in the ceiling above the light. These often need attention as (very often) they are not terminated correctly.
So be prepared..... yes, be prepared for the job not to be quite as simple as it looks, but that's life, isn't it?
The way I see this is it appears to not currently be in a working situation.
We both believe there is no neutral wire showing...
However now looking at it on a different computer I see a different story.
I believe I see, from top to bottom of the white connector: black with red sleeve = switched live, Earth, wire in heat resistant sleeve = presume black neutral and in the Wago = possibly 2 red wires
Maybe its a massive bodge, the red wire(s) in the wago are unused terminated earths, switched live is live, yellow sleeving is neutral. An example of how its all copper wire whatever the insulation colours.
Or somebody's already had a go and wont fess up.
If the OP is still around he can confirm its still working.
Blup
Or somebody's already had a go and wont fess up.
If the OP is still around he can confirm its still working.
Blup
Hi all, it's not working apparently, I've not been there to look as of yet.
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Has it ever worked ? Are you taking any testing instruments with you ?
Hi guys, firstly, the light in question had actually been working, but stopped a couple of weeks ago, also, it was not attached to a fan. So anyway I went there today, took the cover down and there were two sets of twins &earth going into it. Looking into the ceiling, one twin & earth cable was going one way and the other was going in the opposite direction- towards another light outside of the bathroom, that had "not been working for years". There was obviously an issue there and as a handyman not a tradesman, I put the cover back, gave my Uncle the number of a local spark and left it at that. If would have been a single twin&earth going into it I would have noted the wiring and replaced like for like.
Thank you for the update and understanding your level of comfort/confidence.
As a matter of interest did it appear to resemble my diagram from Wednesday?
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