Fluorescent light wiring

[Clueless101]

Thanks paul for your help yesterday...... got it all done yesterday & managed not to electricute myself bonus

 

[Paul_C]

managed not to electricute myself

That's always good!

 

[PeteNMA]

and with colour change overs like with armoured cable to come in line with europe

What changes are those?

Brown is the old red
Black is the old yellow
Grey is the old blue

Those are for three-phase though, not single phase household wiring.

 

[JohnW2]

Brown is the old red
Black is the old yellow
Grey is the old blue

Those are for three-phase though, not single phase household wiring.

Don't you consider 3-C&E cable as something used in single phase household wiring?

Kind Regards, John

 

[PeteNMA]

Not usually found up at the fixture end though? And you'd still not connect brown to blue.

 

[JohnW2]

Not usually found up at the fixture end though? And you'd still not connect brown to blue.

I'm not sure that I really understand what you're saying. A 3-C&E cable would, of course, most commonly be found joining two 2-way lighting switches, and, in that context, all three would be sleeved brown, anyway.

Maybe you didn't realise that this drift of the thread is not related to the original question (about a light fitting), but resulted from a general comment about 'colour changes in armoured cables'.

Kind Regards, John

 

[EFLImpudence]

you'd still not connect brown to blue.

A switch might.

 

[PeteNMA]

Forget I said anything...

 

[ninjacat]

Clueless, BAS may be harsh, but you must admit you did draw a live wire to a terminal marked N and with a blue wire on the other side. Not the cleverest thing to do in the world.