Thanking anyone who can shed some light on this, no pun intended, in advance.
I am trying to install a new ceiling light. My girlfriend decided she would take it upon herself to get things started and took down the old one, and the plate the wires were connected to....
The light fitting has three wires, Brown (Live), Blue (Neutral) and Green/Yellow (Earth), but I now have protruding from the ceiling 4 Red Wires, 2 Black, and 2 earths. I have ascertained that one of the red cables is live (I used one of those screwdrivers with the bulb in, sorry I don't know the correct name for them). Now the new connecting plate, has 3 sets of connectors which are grouped together. Three for the neutral (which are connected to each other), I am assuming that I put both Black wires from the ceiling into this one, plus the blue wire from the new fitting. Then there are connectors (I cant remember if they are named live or loop) and another set of two connectors (again I cant remember if this is the live or the loop). Where do I connect the "Live" red lead too and what about the remaining 3 red wires? I am assuming that one of them has to connect into the set of two connectors with the Brown lead from the new ceiling light, and all the earths together on the earth connector?
So far all I have managed to do is connect the light up so that when I switch the fuse box back on, it stays on constantly and the light switch has no effect over it.
Also, I went into my hallway and had a look at the wiring for the ceiling light there, and I discovered that in that ceiling rose 3 of the red wires are live as opposed to the one red wire at where I am trying to install this new light.
(note: none of the red wires have any identifying bands, they're all identical)
If anyone can help, I will be eternally grateful, my girlfriend is due on this week and the nagging is killing me.
Cheers
Peldon[/img]
I am trying to install a new ceiling light. My girlfriend decided she would take it upon herself to get things started and took down the old one, and the plate the wires were connected to....
The light fitting has three wires, Brown (Live), Blue (Neutral) and Green/Yellow (Earth), but I now have protruding from the ceiling 4 Red Wires, 2 Black, and 2 earths. I have ascertained that one of the red cables is live (I used one of those screwdrivers with the bulb in, sorry I don't know the correct name for them). Now the new connecting plate, has 3 sets of connectors which are grouped together. Three for the neutral (which are connected to each other), I am assuming that I put both Black wires from the ceiling into this one, plus the blue wire from the new fitting. Then there are connectors (I cant remember if they are named live or loop) and another set of two connectors (again I cant remember if this is the live or the loop). Where do I connect the "Live" red lead too and what about the remaining 3 red wires? I am assuming that one of them has to connect into the set of two connectors with the Brown lead from the new ceiling light, and all the earths together on the earth connector?
So far all I have managed to do is connect the light up so that when I switch the fuse box back on, it stays on constantly and the light switch has no effect over it.
Also, I went into my hallway and had a look at the wiring for the ceiling light there, and I discovered that in that ceiling rose 3 of the red wires are live as opposed to the one red wire at where I am trying to install this new light.
(note: none of the red wires have any identifying bands, they're all identical)
If anyone can help, I will be eternally grateful, my girlfriend is due on this week and the nagging is killing me.
Cheers
Peldon[/img]