Hello,
I have been replacing a ceiling rose in the kitchen with a new halogen bar and have run into some trouble.
The rose is at the end of the circuit and only has two flex cables coming into it. I have terminated the two red live wires in a connector block and wrapped in electrical tape, attached the switched lived (the black wire with a red sleeve) into the live on the new fitting and the only black wire into the neutral. Both earths have been connected to the earth on the new fitting.
When I try to turn the new light on, it trips the circuit straight away. Providing the circuit hasn't been tripped, the other light on the circuit works just fine. Have I done something fundamentally wrong with the wiring, or is there a more serious problem?
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Sky
I have been replacing a ceiling rose in the kitchen with a new halogen bar and have run into some trouble.
The rose is at the end of the circuit and only has two flex cables coming into it. I have terminated the two red live wires in a connector block and wrapped in electrical tape, attached the switched lived (the black wire with a red sleeve) into the live on the new fitting and the only black wire into the neutral. Both earths have been connected to the earth on the new fitting.
When I try to turn the new light on, it trips the circuit straight away. Providing the circuit hasn't been tripped, the other light on the circuit works just fine. Have I done something fundamentally wrong with the wiring, or is there a more serious problem?
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Sky