Hi there guys, hope anybody can help me to sort this out
Today I tried to replace an old fluorescent light in the kitchen for a ligthing track with three spotlights that I bought in IKEA.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/80031677/?query=KRÄMARE+Lighting+track+with+3+spotlights
The thing is when I dismounted the old fluorescent set, I didn't have a look at how the wires were connected and, on top of that, once it was removed instead of one cable (the thing I expected), it turns out that there are FOUR cables coming out of the ceiling with the following wires.
Cable 1 has 3 wires, one red one bare copper and one red
Cable 2 has 2 wires, one red and one black
Cable 3 has 3 wires, one red, one black and one earth (yellow green striped)
Cable 4 has 3 wires, one red one blue and one earth (yellow green striped)
As far as I can recall a lot of the red ones were together, this coming because when i disconnected the old fluorescent thing and took the red ones and separated them, i didn't have any electricity, nor in lighting neither in appliances. After that, I put all the reds together and left all the others unconnected and I now have electricity but lights don't work in any room of the house.
I was looking for information in the internet but nothing quite answered this query.
To add a little more thrill to the situation the wires in the ligthing track with three spotlights that i want to install are brown and blue, so which ones correspond to brown? black ones or red ones, and which one to blue??
In some websites I read that one of the red ones (not sure which or how to find which one) has to be left alone and capped, earths all together, remaining red together and the remaining black ones and blue also together
In another website they were saying something about a switch and that one red one had to be put together with the black ones. I have the feeling that is not the case for my situation.
So, as they say, I am now in the dark and would realy appreciate some word of advice to sort out this mess of wires.
Thanks in advance
An DIYer in distress
Today I tried to replace an old fluorescent light in the kitchen for a ligthing track with three spotlights that I bought in IKEA.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/80031677/?query=KRÄMARE+Lighting+track+with+3+spotlights
The thing is when I dismounted the old fluorescent set, I didn't have a look at how the wires were connected and, on top of that, once it was removed instead of one cable (the thing I expected), it turns out that there are FOUR cables coming out of the ceiling with the following wires.
Cable 1 has 3 wires, one red one bare copper and one red
Cable 2 has 2 wires, one red and one black
Cable 3 has 3 wires, one red, one black and one earth (yellow green striped)
Cable 4 has 3 wires, one red one blue and one earth (yellow green striped)
As far as I can recall a lot of the red ones were together, this coming because when i disconnected the old fluorescent thing and took the red ones and separated them, i didn't have any electricity, nor in lighting neither in appliances. After that, I put all the reds together and left all the others unconnected and I now have electricity but lights don't work in any room of the house.
I was looking for information in the internet but nothing quite answered this query.
To add a little more thrill to the situation the wires in the ligthing track with three spotlights that i want to install are brown and blue, so which ones correspond to brown? black ones or red ones, and which one to blue??
In some websites I read that one of the red ones (not sure which or how to find which one) has to be left alone and capped, earths all together, remaining red together and the remaining black ones and blue also together
In another website they were saying something about a switch and that one red one had to be put together with the black ones. I have the feeling that is not the case for my situation.
So, as they say, I am now in the dark and would realy appreciate some word of advice to sort out this mess of wires.
Thanks in advance
An DIYer in distress
