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Title: any electricians
Post by: opel on 13 September 2012, 20:16
i brought a new light for my kitchen. it has a three plug connection eath live and neutral. the wires are 3 reds and 3 blacks and then a green/black which is the earth. i put all the reds 2gether and all the blacks and put then in it to the connections but the thing is now it wont switch off. when the light switch off it has power but as soon as u touch the switch it blows the fuse :sad:
Title: Re: any electricians
Post by: opel on 13 September 2012, 20:24
the the switch live with is a red goes to the blacks then. the instructions with rubbish
Title: Re: any electricians
Post by: Ant1981 on 13 September 2012, 20:36
What you've done wrong, is not connected the switch as a switch, you've put all the lives together meaning both sides of the switch are live which ever position it's in.

You'll need to take it all apart again and test with a continuity tester for the switch line. You ought to have 4 connections, permanant live, neutral, switched live and earth. Sounds like you only have the 3 connections.
Title: Re: any electricians
Post by: Thom89 on 13 September 2012, 22:13
Do you have 2 light switches for the one light?

Thom
Title: Re: any electricians
Post by: Ant1981 on 13 September 2012, 22:30
Quote from: Thom89 on 13 September 2012, 22:13
Do you have 2 light switches for the one light?

Thom

Wouldn't make any difference, still the same connections at the light.
Title: Re: any electricians
Post by: justalex81 on 13 September 2012, 23:58
maybe someone with feck all knowledge of electricity should have employed a professional to do the job correctly!

connect all the lives to the earths  :evil:
Title: Re: any electricians
Post by: Toby on 14 September 2012, 13:50
Should be switch live. Some ones done a woopsie
Title: Re: any electricians
Post by: opel on 15 September 2012, 13:14
nah ive not killed myself it all sorted now :smiley: