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Help with wiring a ceiling light - old wiring (black/red) into new wiring

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  • phill99
    phill99 Posts: 9,093 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    With hindsight, th others are right - you should get someone in if you are not sure. An electrician is cheaper than an undertaker!!
    Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.
  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    thats debatable.

    certainly doesnt apply to plumbers.
    Get some gorm.
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
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    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • Justicia
    Justicia Posts: 1,437 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    keystone wrote: »
    Oh and black / blue aren't neutral at all thats a misnomer and its just as live as the red / brown live. This is why the industry has taken to calling them line (red / brown) and load (black / blue).

    Close!

    The brown is the "Line" conductor (as you stated), but blue is still the "Neutral" conductor. However, they are both "live conductors" - "live" is not a conductor, it's a group of conductors (L + N), either of which can cause pain!

    ;)
    "Part P" is not, and has never been, an accredited electrical qualification. It is a Building Regulation. No one can be "Part P qualified."

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  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    Well the OP has not returned, so he / she has either fixed it or worse.. :rotfl:
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    edited 26 March 2011 at 5:21PM
    Justicia wrote: »
    However, they are both "live conductors"
    Yes I know. I did say that - did you miss it?

    Cheers

    Edit: and load is a correct term.
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    Inactive wrote: »
    Well the OP has not returned, so he / she has either fixed it or worse.. :rotfl:
    OP is getting help on another forum. ;)

    Cheers
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    keystone wrote: »
    OP is getting help on another forum. ;)

    Cheers

    Just as well, nobody on here will get the blame for their demise.. :D
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