lighting problem - please help!

[LayerSeven]

thought it might be, i'm just being thick. need things spelling out sometimes!

 

[Octopus]

How do you know there is a hidden JB?

 

[LayerSeven]

How do you know there is a hidden JB?

because i put up in the ceiling where it would have been accessible and then the builders came in and moved it (according to the client) first i knew of it being moved was when i went back to do the final fix and testing and by that point the ceiling was in place

 

[Silly Sausage]

Why have you got a JB in this circuit?
What's connected to it?

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

How far can you move a connected up JB :-s

 

[bigspark17]

Are you an electrician? Work in kitchen is notifiable to LABC!

 

[LayerSeven]

How far can you move a connected up JB :-s

not far enough, already tried

 

[LayerSeven]

Are you an electrician? Work in kitchen is notifiable to LABC!

yes. niceic member, work has already been signed of with bc

 

[Silly Sausage]

client says no work has been done to the house or wiring since they were fitted

because i put up in the ceiling where it would have been accessible and then the builders came in and moved it (according to the client) first i knew of it being moved was when i went back to do the final fix and testing and by that point the ceiling was in place

Hmmmmm!!!! :smilielol5:

 

[D Skelton]

I'm biting my tongue here with regards to competence, I don't know enough to comment, still, let this be a lesson to you LayerSeven, with downlights always loop at the switches!

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

not far enough, already tried

So how did the builder move it?

 

[Geordie Spark]

sorry, should have clarified. i measured 240v between L and E at the light fittings

Why??

Sorry if that's a silly question but I'm only a plumber.


BUT .... I would have thought measuring between L and N may have been better.

Never mind .. where's me blowtorch???

 

[Octopus]

Why the HELL did you use a JB on a lighting circuit?????????


Sorry matey but you've got what you deserve

AND more to the point, did the "moving" of the JB cause the problem???

 

[Silly Sausage]

It's a good job Glenn is still banned, he might not have lasted very long tonight! :smilielol5:

 

[Geordie Spark]

yes. niceic member, work has already been signed of with bc

I think this tells me all I need to know about the almighty niceic !!

I'm glad I never wasted my hard-earned by joining any of these scams.

 

[rattlehead85]

Are you an electrician? Work in kitchen is notifiable to LABC!

Unless either a new C.U or a brand new circuit has been installed to this location the work in a kitchen is no longer notifiable.

 

[kingeri]

Was it a maintenance free junction box? Where in the ceiling was it accessible before, through one of the holes made for the downlights? You must have left a lot of slack on it for the builder to have moved it significantly! If this pseudo-fictional builder has moved it then has he potentially rewired it? If so I'd say that this isn't your problem so I hope you are charging for your time!

 

[midgetman]

In such cases I would loop at the switch. Less likely bodge the builder will break anything. As said sounds like a neutral is out somewhere.