Lighting problem - wiring ceiling rose - the light wont on!!

[gopesh]

hey all!

baisicly i cant get my bedroom light to switch on

I have a little drawing of the ceiling rose and how it is wired - please have a look and tell me the faults n how to sort it please.

baisicly - i have checkd each wire individually with a tester and only one red wire is live. none of the blacks or the other two reds are alive

i think it may be something wrong with the switch but i am not sure. please can you look at how i have wired and tell me weather it is correct.

the blue and brown wires are for the lightbulb socket thing.

sorry im bit of a noob lol

what ive done so far is on the site below - had to put it on a webpage because the site doesnt let me use remote image linking.

http://regime.bravehost.com/light.html

 

[Spark123]

1 is supply in, 2 supply to next light and 3 is the switch? If so looks OK to me. Is it a dimmer switch?

 

[gopesh]

yes it is a dimmer switch

 

[Spark123]

If you get the wiring wrong across a dimmer switch it will almost certainly have blown the internal electronics. Some have fuses in them though.
Do you have a spare normal light switch which you can swop with the dimmer just to try?

 

[gopesh]

yep - i will have to dig one out - thanks - i will try it out.

 

[gopesh]

thanks for the help it works now - it was just the dimmer switch

 

[ban-all-sheds]

what ive done so far is on the site below - had to put it on a webpage because the site doesnt let me use remote image linking.

Don't use it then!

Perfectly normal ceiling rose wiring, and what you saw when testing was just what's expected - see For Reference for how it works.