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Light fitting

  • 28-09-2017 7:04pm
    #1
    bernard0368
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭✭


    A little help please, I am trying to replace a ceiling light. However when I connect it nothing happens. To check it I wired it to a plug and tried it in a socket and it works.

    Any ideas would be appreciated


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  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    How many cables do you have up there?


  • #3
    bernard0368
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭✭bernard0368


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    How many cables do you have up there?

    Three,


  • #4
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Have you refitted the original fitting in the meantime?


  • #5
    bernard0368
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭✭bernard0368


    Hi Colm, No I have left it there for the moment.


  • #6
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Is one of the cables an earth?


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  • #7
    bernard0368
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭✭bernard0368


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Is one of the cables an earth?

    Yes it is.


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