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m_ginty
hi,
I bought a new light fitting for a ceiling and went to fit it the other day but it's not working properly.
There are two cables coming out of the ceiling so I have 2 live/ 2 neutral and 2 earths.
The previous light fitting was a standard ceiling attachment.
It has 3 parts to it's terminal block.
on one side there are 2 cylinders to place cables in. One red cable from the actul light went in one of these and I think the 2 red cables from the celing went in the other.
The earths both went in the middle section on on the other side were 3 cylinders for cables. Cables from the light fitting and the 2 celing cables went into indivual cylinders.
When I installed the new fitting, there is only 3 cylinders to place cables in.
one earth/ one neutral and one live.
So, I fitted both lives cables from the ceiling, both earths and both neutrals into each of these 3 cylinders.
When I turned the mains back on, althought the light switch was off (it's a dimmer switch) the light was on. When I turned the dimmer into the on position, it tripped the switch.
I don't know why there are two cables from the ceiling and whether I need to do both or not. Can anyone offer any help as to how I should proceed? Should I get something to measure whether both cables are live?
Many thanks
I bought a new light fitting for a ceiling and went to fit it the other day but it's not working properly.
There are two cables coming out of the ceiling so I have 2 live/ 2 neutral and 2 earths.
The previous light fitting was a standard ceiling attachment.
It has 3 parts to it's terminal block.
on one side there are 2 cylinders to place cables in. One red cable from the actul light went in one of these and I think the 2 red cables from the celing went in the other.
The earths both went in the middle section on on the other side were 3 cylinders for cables. Cables from the light fitting and the 2 celing cables went into indivual cylinders.
When I installed the new fitting, there is only 3 cylinders to place cables in.
one earth/ one neutral and one live.
So, I fitted both lives cables from the ceiling, both earths and both neutrals into each of these 3 cylinders.
When I turned the mains back on, althought the light switch was off (it's a dimmer switch) the light was on. When I turned the dimmer into the on position, it tripped the switch.
I don't know why there are two cables from the ceiling and whether I need to do both or not. Can anyone offer any help as to how I should proceed? Should I get something to measure whether both cables are live?
Many thanks