When you say ceiling light - have you replaced the old ceiling rose with this new light?I have fitted a new ceiling light that works perfectly.....however a light in another room is now permenantly on! What have I done wrong?
I have since dropped the other light and it only has two of everything from the ceiling which is all connected.
Okay assuming no wiring changes elsewhere then the other possibility is that you may have caused some damage to the dimmer.The light that has only two feeds is the one that is permanently on it is a dimmer switch but permenantly on bright. I will get a picture for you but it is going to take a while as the light is very heavy and I am on my own. There is no earth from the light and it specifically asks any earths from the household circuit br terminated.in a seperate block. And all wires are connected as described split into three sperate blocks. There is no sheath on the blue wire.
You're sure you didn't get any of the blue wires mixed up?Hi, I changed the dimmer for a two way s/w and yes it worked until I switched the new light on which blew the c/b.
You see, there weren't 3 neutrals, there were 2, and 1 switched live. If you put that in the same terminal as a neutral you will get circuit breakers tripping when you turn the switch on, dimmers being destroyed, etc.There were three neutral (blue) of which I repeated form the old ceiling rose, 2 blue to the blue from the light and one blue to the brown from the light.
What an arse you are BAS - the OP clearly states three (blue) wires -You see, there weren't 3 neutrals, there were 2, and 1 switched live. If you put that in the same terminal as a neutral you will get circuit breakers tripping when you turn the switch on, dimmers being destroyed, etc.There were three neutral (blue) of which I repeated form the old ceiling rose, 2 blue to the blue from the light and one blue to the brown from the light.
I had another look and I must have moved the insulation tape as the live and neutral were touching each other
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