Help please

[wendyroo]

There is no switch live on the new light fitting

 

[EFLImpudence]

Yes there is; it will be the L which you switch on and off.

There is no Permanent Live on the new light fitting. You need a separate connector for the wires.

 

[opps]

There is no switch live on the new light fitting

As per @EFLImpudence 's post. The cables you need to make the new light fitting work are the penultimate ones (left and right), ie the switched live and neutral. That said the perm lives need to be kept together in a separate connector. If the new light is double insulated (the packaging will have a square with a smaller square inside it) then you will need to continue to ensure that each live is in its own connector block. If it is a metal fitting that requires an earth, it might be easier to use a short earth cable to run from the aforementioned connector block down to the new light fitting.

A lot depends on the space in any "rose" that the new light fitting has. Sometimes you have to tuck the perm lives up into the cavity. One of the electricians will be able to advise which kind of enclosures would be suitable. In the old days, a lot of people used to just make a small hole and push the connector block up into the cavity.

 

[CountryFan]

Does that not just mean there is a red sleeve on one of the neutrals?

Could be, but surely that’s incorrect and or misleading

 

[Taylortwocities]

Could be, but surely that’s incorrect and or misleading

Agreed. If it has a red sleeve then it isn’t a neutral anyways.
Think this is pointless as I couldn’t see a red sleeve in the pic?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Agreed. If it has a red sleeve then it isn’t a neutral anyways.

How can you say that? It could be anything.



I suppose it is too late for a better picture.

Is this a true representation?

 

[SUNRAY]

There is no switch live on the new light fitting

Is there another light which works at thsame time as this one? If there is Does the existing fitting and the rest of the house's lighting work correctly as it is at the moment?

 

[SUNRAY]

How can you say that? It could be anything.



I suppose it is too late for a better picture.

Is this a true representation?

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I believe that is what I see and I had to look on a second (older and supposedly much lower quality/technology) PC to see it when Stuck pointed it out.

If it is working correctly as it is, I imagine a mistake occurred during previous operation.

 

[CountryFan]

Think this is pointless as I couldn’t see a red sleeve in the pic?

Could be completely pointless, but I saw it when zoomed in, it's not a large/long sleeve and could be photo quality, but I highlighted it on post#11

 

[wendyroo]

It is in a two gang and that light doesn't work. The rest do.