electrical wiring help - thanks :)

[Silly Sausage]

Geordie, you could be racking up the post count with this thread!

 

[Johnuk]

right ok here we go,

if you look at your light switch you should just see a live/red, switch live/back and earth

and at your light

you put the red red together, one black join to blue and other join to the brown, less your light is a screw lamp one it do not matter which black is switchlive and neutral

 

[MDJ]

what if the light are fed from the switches or even a jb haha, and there maybe 2 lights in the room though John, the 2 reds could be switchwires and the 2 blacks lives, a possibility really yes?

 

[shagbite]

no, the 2 reds join together and not to the light, the light connects across the 2 blacks, but again you will need to know which is live. then again there is a possibility that is 2 switch wires and 2 neutrals and there is another light in the room which switches with it, if so call a spark to ensure safety, a 2 min job for a spark.

hahaha! this is like monty python's holy grail.......

you stay here and make sure he doesn't leave the room....

right. so we're coming with you...?

 

[MDJ]

it do not matter which black is switchlive and neutral

oh it would matter to me, it really would, identification and all that????

 

[Geordie Spark]

Geordie, you could be racking up the post count with this thread!

Well the truth is I typed quite a long post telling exactly how to do this, and by the time I had done it & posted it some of the other lads had beaten me to it & I realised that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to be so free with my info, so deleted it on the grounds of the OP's Health & safety.

However, I agree - it has helped me towards the exclusive (elusive?) 3,000+ club and so has this post so every cloud etc.

 

[MDJ]

hahaha! this is like monty python's holy grail.......

you stay here and make sure he doesn't leave the room....

right. so we're coming with you...?

:21:
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[electri]

Well the truth is I typed quite a long post telling exactly how to do this, and by the time I had done it & posted it some of the other lads had beaten me to it & I realised that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to be so free with my info, so deleted it on the grounds of the OP's Health & safety.

However, I agree - it has helped me towards the exclusive (elusive?) 3,000+ club and so has this post so every cloud etc.

mate I was reading what u put up why do people on here think I am an idiot saying I could die you guys know as long as I switch the mains off and thest the electricity then Im fine with trying to figure out which ways the wires went, Grordie u put up a good post was reading but pressed refresh and was gone... argggggggg

 

[electri]

deleted ..... too bloody risky !!! :behead:

joke mate I will look elsewhere

 

[MDJ]

long as I switch the mains off and thest the electricity then Im fine with trying to figure out which ways the wires went,

if you cannot work out how a light connects up how can you test it? get a spark in man

 

[Octopus]

sorry for the noobness!

please look at pic below:

basically we bought a new chandelier type of light and cant see where I am going wrong, I've got it to light up just it doesnt work with the switch to turn it off,

any help highly appreciated, sorry if its a nooob question just want to do it myself


the earth wire was plugged in BTW

thanks
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Did you take a note of how the previous one was connected? This would have helped you out loads!

 

[Geordie Spark]

mate I was reading what u put up why do people on here think I am an idiot saying I could die you guys know as long as I switch the mains off and thest the electricity then Im fine with trying to figure out which ways the wires went, Grordie u put up a good post was reading but pressed refresh and was gone... argggggggg

The problem is without any test equipment the only way you have to identify which wire is which involves working live which is dangerous and illegal, but is something that I know how to do and have done.

What I posted was instructions on how to do that, but then I got cold feet in case you got hurt - or worse - so near to Christmas.

 

[monkeyelectric]

mate I was reading what u put up why do people on here think I am an idiot saying I could die you guys know as long as I switch the mains off and thest the electricity then Im fine with trying to figure out which ways the wires went, Grordie u put up a good post was reading but pressed refresh and was gone... argggggggg

What are you testing for voltage with?

 

[markc123]

ok mate I undertand you dont want to sell your trade and would rather have me phone someone BUT i want to do it for myself so when im in my new flat that Ive bought i can do it myself thats all noting complicated ...

Lick ure index finger and place it on the..............yellow pages!!!!

 

[markc123]

mate I was reading what u put up why do people on here think I am an idiot saying I could die you guys know as long as I switch the mains off and thest the electricity then Im fine with trying to figure out which ways the wires went, Grordie u put up a good post was reading but pressed refresh and was gone... argggggggg

Yes, thats fair enough, but then you turn the power back on and it could trip out, and then uve spent more time fannying around when you coulda probs got a sparks to do it in 10mins for 20ish quid

 

[DJ Ovengloves]

Don't forget to turn off the lights as you leave

joke mate I will look elsewhere

 

[electri]

ok Ill tell you what, I will check youtube and a few other sources and then get back to you guys and if I fail I fail and you are all right because you think I need to call a spark but I dont think anyone here could read what I needed....

explaining it as something complex but lets see if I can manage it without this forum

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Don't forget to turn off the lights as you leave

ok I understand this forum now, clever people

backed up by health and safety

 

[Octopus]

ok Ill tell you what, I will check youtube and a few other sources and then get back to you guys and if I fail I fail and you are all right because you think I need to call a spark but I dont think anyone here could read what I needed....

explaining it as something complex but lets see if I can manage it without this forum

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ok I understand this forum now, clever people

backed up by health and safety

So somebody who disconnects something electrical in their home isn't happy when they are met with sarcastic responses. I see you ignored my response.

Good luck else where, this is a site for sparkies, its not DIY NOT for idiots.

 

[telectrix]

i'm sorry, but if you didn't note how it was connected before, how the hell do you expect us to know? get a SPArk in. he/she will be able to identify what is what and fix it up safely, all for £40 or less.

 

[shagbite]

wasn't it vickie lawrence who sang 'the night the lights went out on geordie'?