hi, i'm trying to fit ceiling lights:
I basically copied the old wiring, but after I wired them only one of them worked!
This has mind boggled me, cause I done my whole house myself & still working fine to this day, but when I attempted my sisters house it didn't go so well and now none of them work!!! (i feel like an idiot)
I followed the stickied reference guides, but still wont work, what exactly is causing it not to work now? (blown fuse in main box?, can i change it)
They are x2 living room lights... 1 wall switch powers the 2 lights (2 buttons), the other switch powers x1 living room light & upstairs light. (also 2 buttons)
The switch that controls 2 lights consists of:
wire 1:
Red wire = Nothing
black with red band = L1
wire 2:
Red wire = L1
Black with red band = L2
COM to COM
the second switch pictured is as it was.
I wired the both lights like so...
Black wire to blue
Red to nothing
Black with red band to brown (obviously earth connections aswell)
I'm very sorry to ask these questions, I admit im no electrician, I did this myself simply because of financial reasons, anyone willing to help me through this i'll chuck u tenner for helping me...
Or simply if you think I have totally messed up then I will call the electrician round, but I would like to know why i messed up.
Yes, I suck.
I basically copied the old wiring, but after I wired them only one of them worked!
This has mind boggled me, cause I done my whole house myself & still working fine to this day, but when I attempted my sisters house it didn't go so well and now none of them work!!! (i feel like an idiot)
I followed the stickied reference guides, but still wont work, what exactly is causing it not to work now? (blown fuse in main box?, can i change it)
They are x2 living room lights... 1 wall switch powers the 2 lights (2 buttons), the other switch powers x1 living room light & upstairs light. (also 2 buttons)
The switch that controls 2 lights consists of:
wire 1:
Red wire = Nothing
black with red band = L1
wire 2:
Red wire = L1
Black with red band = L2
COM to COM
the second switch pictured is as it was.
I wired the both lights like so...
Black wire to blue
Red to nothing
Black with red band to brown (obviously earth connections aswell)
I'm very sorry to ask these questions, I admit im no electrician, I did this myself simply because of financial reasons, anyone willing to help me through this i'll chuck u tenner for helping me...
Or simply if you think I have totally messed up then I will call the electrician round, but I would like to know why i messed up.
Yes, I suck.