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jamma

Post subject: ceiling lights help!

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:02 pm

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Hi,

Ive just purchared a new ceiling light, wired it up and blown a fuse. The black and red wires are confusing me. Please see pic.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Mark

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wine~o

Post subject: Re: ceiling lights help!

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:06 pm

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Take the 2 reds fro where they are now and put them both in the "spare" block on the left of your pic..remove one of the 2 black wires from the far right block, and put it in the block that currently has the 2 reds in..

So 2 reds together..

Earths to earth..

Black to Blue

Other Black to Brown...

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Post subject: Re: ceiling lights help!

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:08 pm

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and isnt that a bare live wire there, probably shorting out on the light fitting

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Post subject: Re: ceiling lights help!

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:10 pm

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OnFirePhotography wrote:

and isnt that a bare live wire there, probably shorting out on the light fitting

Looks like a brown from where I'm sitting...But if you are right :shock:

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jamma

Post subject: Re: ceiling lights help!

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:16 pm

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No bare wires, they were all plugged in. Thanks for the speedy reply. Ill try this and then get some new fuse wire -_-

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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:51 pm

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fuse wire.....

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Post subject: Re: ceiling lights help!

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:54 pm

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root wrote:

fuse wire.....

Nothing wrong with fuse wire....It worked for Jamma..

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Post subject: Re: ceiling lights help!

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:00 pm

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sure did.....

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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:16 pm

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What happened to the OP???

Is she still shopping for fuse wire???

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£££sjim

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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:05 am

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wine~o wrote:

OnFirePhotography wrote:

and isnt that a bare live wire there, probably shorting out on the light fitting

Looks like a brown from where I'm sitting...But if you are right :shock:

Possible [url]some[/url] brown but a lot of exposed wire I think :dunno:

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