Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

Help Wiring Light

  • 30-11-2006 02:27PM
    #1
    jayo2004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 359 ✭✭


    I have bought some new lights for the house and decided to install them myself. When I took down the old light it had 3 live ( brown) 2 netural (blue) and an earth. The light up stairs in the same. I thought i could just put blue with blue brown with brown etc.. and it would work. But it does'nt??

    My question does anyone know which way to wire these as I rang the electrician and he said there in a loop and cant get to me till next week and wont tell me which way to do it??


Comments

  • #2
    Beach Head
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭Beach Head


    All of the Blue(Nuetral) cables together.

    Two of the brown(Live) cables together. In a connector block, not connected at all to the light fitting.

    One of the Brown(Live) cables connected to the brown of the light.

    This could take you a little bit of time, trial and error, but if you stick with it you will get it.

    Also, Dont forget your Earths!


  • #3
    jayo2004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 359 ✭✭jayo2004


    Hi i tried that but light just stays on wont switch off. Even when light is switched off it stays on. Any ideas


  • #4
    jayo2004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 359 ✭✭jayo2004


    Thanks for your help got it working after.


Advertisement
Advertisement