To all electricians, your skill and expertise needed,please help...

singlehouseholder

I'm woried, i'm trying to fit a new light fitting on my stairs. I removed the crappy old ceiling fitting then got my nice new bright white pendant fitting. the new fitting has two wires that go into a little box thing with lots of holes. The wires are brown and blue. Up the ladder I climbed before realising that there are lots of wires in the ceiing and I haven't really got a clue?!
1 wire is split into a brown and a red and are in little box things with holes.
1 box has one of the red wires- and another red wire from a bit of cable that splits into red,in the box, and a green and yellow striped wire and a brown wire.The green n yellow and brown cable are just hanging doing nowt.
What do I wire into what, sfter I've flipped the upstairs lighting mains fuse of course;)
I will be eternally greatful to anyone that can advise me, scared to blow myself up:eek: but like the landing light on so its not dicky dark.
I hope this has made sense to some-one.
Much obliged:o

uncle_buck_3

singlehouseholder wrote:

What do I wire into what, sfter I've flipped the upstairs lighting mains fuse of course;)

I would advise you to switch off ALL of the power at the main switch before you touch anything!!!!

This link may help you make sence of the wiring.
http://www.userview.net/loop1.html

HTH

tomstickland

TBH, the phrase "if you can't work out how to do it then you shouldn't be doing it" comes to mind.
Anyway, Green/Yellow is earth, Brown is live and Blue is neutral (return path as it were, though it's AC).
With lights then there's generaly a live feed (Brown) and a return (Blue), and the live goes off to the switch (Brown) and comes back as another colour (Blue sometimes) and then goes to the live on the light fitting.

Your description doesn't make 100% sense to me. You have some connector blocks connecting various wires. With stairs it can be more complicated because having two switches adds more complication.

singlehouseholder

Thanks Uncle Buck, that link was just the job!!! I know Tom, I shouldn't really attempt it, but cant afford to get a man that can, and my man certainlt can't. My padre was suppose to be doing it, but don't think me mother will let him.
Thanks you two for your advice, much, much appreciated!!

jasons_2

Sounds like it is the main junction for the upstairs ring.

If there is room under the new fitting then leave it be and just connect up the live and neutral.

However, as has been said above, if you're not sure, get someone in to do it- its only a 10 minute job.

J

singlehouseholder

Could you tell me how much I'd be expected to pay for this? Would I need a proper electrician, or would a handy man do?
Thankyou so much, am very very grateful.

mepone9

check to see if the pendant base cover fits to your original pendant base.
if it does just disconnect the brown & blue from the old pendant lamp holder, connect in the new pendant where the brown & blue was disconnected with the new cover on. This will give you a new pendant but with leaving ON the old base.