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[yellobelly]

Help! I'm replacing 2 ceiling roses on a loop circuit with spots. When power back on, spot 1 which has one L.N,E connection cannot be turned off. Should one of the L in spot 2 sit with the switched live cable? Any help appreciated.

 

[magicman]

Yes, it certainly appears that way!
You have almost certainly inadvertantly connected the no. 1 spot live to the loop live of spot 2, instead of the switched live
magicman

 

[yellobelly]

Thanks v. much. Without wanting to seem totally useless, is there an easy way of finding out which is the L from spot 1 to add to the switched L connection of spot 2 - do I just try each L in turn until it works?
Appreciate your reply.

 

[magicman]

ensuring the power is off-
diss each one in turn until spot 1 loses it's live.

(it could also be done with a continuity meter- if you have one-
again ensuring the power is off, and connecting one end to L at spot 1 and the other to each Live at spot 2 until you get continuity), although with this method your leads may not reach!)

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[yellobelly]

Most kind, thanks for your help.