Lights/wiring query help please

TDA10

Hi there,

Please don't shout at me cos I know I shouldn't be touching elecs if not qualified but I am in the process of changing my kitchen light fitting to a new one - a procedure that I have done successfully many times before.

However, this one has me flummoxed and I hope one of you great sparky's can advise please

Firstly, forgive the terminology if incorrect - There are 3 main cables coming out of the ceiling which obviously each have a live red, grn/yel earth and black neutral.

One of the neutral cables had a red sleeving on it, which, if I am correct in saying, is the 'switched' live.

I have connected the cables up to the light fitting as per diagram enclosed with the fitting:

Black from mains - blue in fitting
Earth - Earth
Red from mains - brown in fitting
I connected the 'Switched' live to the brown live in the fitting - Is this incorrect?

The problem I have is that the fitting works fine, but won't switch on or off at the light switch and the lights are permanently on.

I marked all the cables with 1, 2 and 3 as I needed to trim them down a bit and haven't mixed them up at all so can't grasp what I'm missing/doing wrong.

Any advice welcomed

espresso

This diagram here illustrates how the switched live is connected. i.e. breaks continuity of the live feed to the lamp. Sounds like you need a separate connector block for the lives.

TDA10

Thanks for the quick response and link.

So have I understood your link correctly in saying that the switched live gets connected to the live on the fitting, and the 'normal' lives from the mains go into a separate block connector and just sort of 'sit' inside the fitting as it were and not get connected to the fitting in any way?

Thanks again

espresso

TDA10 wrote: »

Thanks for the quick response and link.

So have I understood your link correctly in saying that the switched live gets connected to the live on the fitting, and the 'normal' lives from the mains go into a separate block connector and just sort of 'sit' inside the fitting as it were and not get connected to the fitting in any way?

Thanks again

Yes if the fitting does not have a block for the lives i.e. just the normal live, neutral and earth connections.

TDA10

That sorted it - Thanks a million! :beer: