Continuity check??

[spanner]

Hi guys,
Could anyone educate me as I'm no way near as good as ok..!
Had a problem which I've previously posted on your forum, about GU10 downlights, my question is..
If you were to be doing a connection check on the terminal strip of the downlight( earth to common earth to live )?
What reading would you get (open or closed)???

 

[Hawk81]

I am a bit confused in what you are trying to do. But i think i am reading your question right and the answer is open.

 

[bugsy]

Are they connected into a circuit eminating from the DB

 

[spanner]

Man you've lost me already here. Been reading about continuity ok but I could not make out how the fuse in consumer unit kept flippng. I had bought 6 downlights GU10s £20 including bulbs and fittings off the internet and wired them into the switch live on the old ceiling tube light we have in the kitchen How I wired them were all in tandem, with two wires in, including the earth then on to the next and round to the existing old ceiling rose, then "clip" it went dark again and again..!!(Also the only colours were the Y/G earth)

Anyways the gooder news were I went to toolstation and bought low voltage downlights which seems to be brighter and the flippn problems don't seem to exist,with (br)live and (bl)neutral
Please any answers mate..
Cheers

 

[Hawk81]

i am going to be honest here and say from reading your posts you really should not be doing any electrical work. and your english does not make your posts easy to understand

 

[DurhamSparky]

Been reading about continuity ok but I could not make out how the fuse in consumer unit kept flippng
stop reading and pay a sparky
I had bought 6 downlights GU10s £20 including bulbs and fittings off the internet and wired them into the switch live on the old ceiling tube light we have in the kitchen
from what you are saying is that you carried out notifiable work in a kitchen with out been registered or having any intention to notify the LABC, oh and £20 + bulbs probably means they were crap and not fire rated!
(Also the only colours were the Y/G earth)
eh!! eh!!
Anyways the gooder news were I went to toolstation and bought low voltage downlights which seems to be brighter and the flippn problems don't seem to exist,with (br)live and (bl)neutral
nail on head , say no more!

 

[spanner]

(DB) is something board, as I,ve said here before you guys are the NUTS here(brilliant) and I,m a plumbing student so please bear with us please.
Our place has recently been refurbed (about 3-4 yrs ago sos its pretty up 2 date) and we have (BR)(BL)(YG) just love to get behind the knowledge of blue wire when and what it means when its sleeved with an outer casing What does that mean
Must say I'm quite enjoying it here at the electrical forum
, a bit worrid about my outgoing expences, on another fotune on doing an electrical course LOL..

 

[spanner]

Man you've lost me already here. Been reading about continuity ok but I could not make out how the fuse in consumer unit kept flippng. I had bought 6 downlights GU10s £20 including bulbs and fittings off the internet and wired them into the switch live on the old ceiling tube light we have in the kitchen How I wired them were all in tandem, with two wires in, including the earth then on to the next and round to the existing old ceiling rose, then "clip" it went dark again and again..!!(Also the only colours were the Y/G earth)

Anyways the gooder news were I went to toolstation and bought low voltage downlights which seems to be brighter and the flippn problems don't seem to exist,with (br)live and (bl)neutral
Please any answers mate..
Cheers
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[Guest123]

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[Hawk81]

seriously stick to the plumbing and stop doing electrical work.

 

[spanner]

Ok hope I'm in!!! No not fire rated but the loft has a hardboard ply about 41/2 inches gap in which Ive installed LV downlights eh..!!

 

[J@mes]

when one cable is sleeved it usually means that it is a switched live, or that it is a permanent live and the electrician before ran out of the correct coloured cable.

but as others have said, get someone who knows what they are doing in to do it. It might cost you an hours labour, but you won't get killed and nor will anyone else.

 

[DurhamSparky]

PART P And PLUMBERS is like ROCK and HARD Place...!!!

are you doing you plumming with OLICI!! i heard they are the best around...! thats what the sales chap said..! be gas safe in 3 weeks!

 

[Mark_Burgess]

Who put the poll up there?

 

[Mark_Burgess]

Its great, threads like this make smile.

 

[Guest123]

That'll do!

 

[spanner]

Thats mad man, the plumbing parp (P) actually illustrates the elctrical circuitry of lighting and switching here c'mone!!!
Say if you were that much of an electrician yourself you'd know the ins and outs of wiring progrmmers to boilers etc??

 

[SirKit Breaker]

?

 

[DurhamSparky]

don't do boilers!! leave them to heating engineers who connect the gas up at same time..! too many cooks and broth come to mind! should be that way with plumbers and consumer units and lights!

but S and Y plan are you on about though!

not going to even attempt to get angry at you! with your wiring you wont need heating! good night!

 

[spanner]

Cheers if its "open" do I get a reading here??