Ceiling light wiring
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Why are you looking, not a criticism I'm trying to establish the problem.
What worked?
What other lights (including shaver socket, cooker hood etc) didn't work?
I'm assuming one goes into the L terminal and one into the N terminal. Something like this:
But the difficulty is finding out which.
BUT I AM MAKING ASSUMPTIONS AND MAY BE VERY WRONG
Do you have any test kit?
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Is it a few loops at the light and a pair to the switch
Not that familiar with uk wiring so a power off and a multimeter needed ?
Put a chock block on any (ALL) loose wire ends (one per end) turn the power back on and then answer Sunray’s questions about what else works/ doesn’t work and do you have any test equipment e.g. multimeter.
Reason for looking at wiring: small amount of water dripping from leaking bathroom above.
In the absence of a multimeter if I can identify which cable goes to the switch can I connect that neutral to the live and and the other to the neutral.
Not in th property at the moment to check what else works. All I know is it tripped the lights breaker and it cannot be reset as things stand.
I appreciate your comments/ help
In the absence of a multimeter if I can identify which cable goes to the switch can I connect that neutral to the live and and the other to the neutral.
Not in th property at the moment to check what else works. All I know is it tripped the lights breaker and it cannot be reset as things stand.
I appreciate your comments/ help
Put your testers on earth and one of the blacks the one that goes on and off (230v to 0v) when you switch the switch is the L the other one will be the neutral.
If it's you're going to suggest things like that I'd say put one black in the L terminal, make the other black safe with a single terminal and then try the switch.
If the switch operates the light then good you have found the switched live wire, if it doesn't - go round turning the others that don't work on/off, if that makes this light or others work then you have found the neutral wire.
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If you can't re set the breaker with the wiring as it is in your picture ,there is either a fault elsewhere or with the wiring connections in your picture.
What type of breaker is it ,MCB,RCBO or RCD ?
What type of breaker is it ,MCB,RCBO or RCD ?
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