Hi all,
we have bought two new wall lights from ikea to replace existing ones (Which worked fine). i cant get them to work though. To test, i have made up a make shift plug and cable and they work fine when plugged in.
Im confused at in each fitting, there are three grey cables coming out of the wall, each containing an earth plus either red of black wire, so 6 wires in total. I’m unsure what goes where. The left light has 3 x earth, 2 x red and 1 x black. Testing the wires, one of the red is live when the wall switch is on, otherwise, they are all not lIve.
the right light has 3 x earth, 2 x black and 1 x red. None of these appear to be live, regardless of whether the wall switch is on or off but the old light worked fine before??
i have included photos as my description is rubbish. The fitting apparently doesnt require earthing so i have wago’d the 3 earths. I have included a photo of the actual light and the fittings inside. There are two holes for live and two for neutral.
Thank you
we have bought two new wall lights from ikea to replace existing ones (Which worked fine). i cant get them to work though. To test, i have made up a make shift plug and cable and they work fine when plugged in.
Im confused at in each fitting, there are three grey cables coming out of the wall, each containing an earth plus either red of black wire, so 6 wires in total. I’m unsure what goes where. The left light has 3 x earth, 2 x red and 1 x black. Testing the wires, one of the red is live when the wall switch is on, otherwise, they are all not lIve.
the right light has 3 x earth, 2 x black and 1 x red. None of these appear to be live, regardless of whether the wall switch is on or off but the old light worked fine before??
i have included photos as my description is rubbish. The fitting apparently doesnt require earthing so i have wago’d the 3 earths. I have included a photo of the actual light and the fittings inside. There are two holes for live and two for neutral.
Thank you