Hi all -
Let me preface this by saying I'm definitely not an electrician - I've rewired some lamps/appliances, changed fuses, and have done a couple of down-light transformers, but that's about the extend of my experience.
One of my 9 kitchen down-lights (halogen) has been intermittently going out, and finally completely stopped a few weeks back. So, I finally bought a new transformer and installed it today (exact same specs). After connecting it all up, but while the transformer/light/wiring were still hanging from the ceiling, I turned the circuit back on at the breaker, and flipped on the switch (non-dimmable) in the kitchen and hey presto - all was working fine.
Then, I put some electrical tape over various bits, and then put it all up in the ceiling as normal - but after turning the circuit back on and turning on the switch, now none of my lights are working.
Any ideas?
Also - one bizarre thing to point out is this thing in the attached pictures. I assume it's some sort of earth setup? But I've never seen anything like it, it's not on the other downlights in the kitchen, and it looks pretty dodgy...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Will happily get an electrician in early this week, but curious to know if anyone knows what's going on.
Let me preface this by saying I'm definitely not an electrician - I've rewired some lamps/appliances, changed fuses, and have done a couple of down-light transformers, but that's about the extend of my experience.
One of my 9 kitchen down-lights (halogen) has been intermittently going out, and finally completely stopped a few weeks back. So, I finally bought a new transformer and installed it today (exact same specs). After connecting it all up, but while the transformer/light/wiring were still hanging from the ceiling, I turned the circuit back on at the breaker, and flipped on the switch (non-dimmable) in the kitchen and hey presto - all was working fine.
Then, I put some electrical tape over various bits, and then put it all up in the ceiling as normal - but after turning the circuit back on and turning on the switch, now none of my lights are working.
Any ideas?
Also - one bizarre thing to point out is this thing in the attached pictures. I assume it's some sort of earth setup? But I've never seen anything like it, it's not on the other downlights in the kitchen, and it looks pretty dodgy...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Will happily get an electrician in early this week, but curious to know if anyone knows what's going on.