light wont turn off

[mattyh]

i went to fit a new liight on the ceiling and now the light wont switch of.There is 2 reds joined to 1 black, 1 black on its own which is neutral and 2 earths joined together how can iget the light to turn off?if you could please help i would be very grateful...matty

 

[johnny_t]

Disconnect the black from the two reds and have your light fitting connected to the two blacks, at a guess. Put a bit of red tape around the black that you have just liberated, if you're feeling professional....

 

[andy]

i went to fit a new liight on the ceiling and now the light wont switch of.There is 2 reds joined to 1 black, 1 black on its own which is neutral and 2 earths joined together how can iget the light to turn off?if you could please help i would be very grateful...matty

you should not have red and black connected together. see for reference for how it should be wired

 

[mattyh]

working now, thanks a lot.

 

[nstreet]

Put a bit of red tape around the black that you have just liberated, if you're feeling professional....

Should be red sleeving now, shouldn't it?

 

[plugwash]

the NICEIC don't like tape because it can sometimes fall off i don't think the IEE regs themselves explicitly forbid it though.