Dumbies Guide anyone?

[Scu11ion]

Firstly I'll start by telling everyone that I'm a complete noob when it comes to home improvements when it comes to wires.....

I went into B & Q and picked up an upgraded light (3 spot light) and dimmer switch and thought it would be an easy case of swapping wires over but when I got home and removed the current single light and standard switch on the wall, I was looking quite confused

Some of the wires have been painted white, so unsure of the colour however there are 2-3 red wires, one brown and the ones that are painted white are connected into the same connector.

Standard light has a total of 8 connectors with 4 of each side however the new upgraded light only has total of 4 connectors,

Any help would be greatful if you are able to break this a diagram down to help understand it better, thanks

Paul

 

[Aragorn84]

Make VERY careful notes of where each wire is currently connected to, and take a few photographs of the fitting and switch before you disconnect anything.

Posting the photos might help.

Switches typically only have 2 or 3 wires at them plus an earth.

The light fitting probably contains the loop (power from the previous light, and power going onwards to the next light), the switch cable, and the wire to the pendant. There is typically 3 connector blocks, one with two terminals, and two with three terminals.

The connections in there need to be kept in the right order, or you'll end up breaking the whole lighting circuit.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Here's your starting point!!

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• Taylortwocities
• 15 Dec 2011
• 4

But seriously. Have a look at the WIKI. There is a whole section on lighting circuits, and yours sounds like a standard setup.

Come back if you cant find what you are looking for.