New Ceiling light permanently on?!?

zax47

Have a good read of this lot;

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/lighting_circuits.htm

Explains, in layman's terms, the various wiring methods for lighting circuits and might give you a clue as to what you might (or not) have done wrong.

27col

Zax47. The point that I was making about some light fittings having enough terminals, was that they have enough so that the installer does not need to put in an extra terminal block for the 'lives'. Nearly all the posts on here, about people not being able to install new light fittings, are based around the fact that the wiring is looped at the rose and the fitting has only three terminals to connect it. That is why I suggested that jb wiring is unusual. When I was installing , even if I was using ceiling rose looping, I tended to use a jb in the lounge to facilitate installing a non pendant light fitting.

DVardysShadow

zax47 wrote: »

... Several ways to wire a lighting circuit - could be loop-at-switch (LAS) or the old "junction box" (JB) method, not all houses are loop-at-light. Many of the properties I work on are LAS and more and more new build ones are. Different, yes, but not unusual. LAS is the better way IMO, gives you a useful neutral at the switch.

I can see some sense in LAS. But to do it, you have to use connector blocks, unless there are now specific fittings for LAS. I always try to avoid connector blocks.

zax47

DVardysShadow wrote: »

I can see some sense in LAS. But to do it, you have to use connector blocks, unless there are now specific fittings for LAS. I always try to avoid connector blocks.

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