I'm the first to admit I'm no electrician but got forced into this one.
The in laws asked me to put up to chandelier type lights on at the bottom of stairs one on the landing both have been working for a year until now. The upstairs light isn't working. The light was switched on and it blew.
There is a double switch downstairs controlling both lights and two single ones upstairs one controlling the landing light the other one wasn't working.
The upstairs rose I fitted with a strip joint it has three ground wires from the ceiling, two red wires from ceiling which are looped back. One grey from the ceiling into brown of the rose. And two black from the ceiling into blue of the rose.
I checked the ac voltage with switch off it was 29v approx with switch on its 236 approx.
I connected a 40w bulb from a new rose across the live and neutral it lit up and blew straight away then I tried a 100w bulb and its working so I wired it into a standard rose and its working ok currently.
I've tried to explain everything even if it makes me look stupid or even dangerous can anyone help.
Thanks
The in laws asked me to put up to chandelier type lights on at the bottom of stairs one on the landing both have been working for a year until now. The upstairs light isn't working. The light was switched on and it blew.
There is a double switch downstairs controlling both lights and two single ones upstairs one controlling the landing light the other one wasn't working.
The upstairs rose I fitted with a strip joint it has three ground wires from the ceiling, two red wires from ceiling which are looped back. One grey from the ceiling into brown of the rose. And two black from the ceiling into blue of the rose.
I checked the ac voltage with switch off it was 29v approx with switch on its 236 approx.
I connected a 40w bulb from a new rose across the live and neutral it lit up and blew straight away then I tried a 100w bulb and its working so I wired it into a standard rose and its working ok currently.
I've tried to explain everything even if it makes me look stupid or even dangerous can anyone help.
Thanks