The light itself is colour coded Blue, Brown & Green.
I then have 3 cables coming out of the ceiling ( even though i only have 2 wall switches).
2 of these cables are colour coded Black, Red & Green.
The remaining cable is coded Blue, Red and Green.
I put reds together and connected them to the Brown wire on the light fitting.
Then put the green wires together and connected them to the green wire on the light fitting.
I then connected the 2 black wires to the blue wire and connected these to the blue wire on the light fitting.
Turned the light on and it blew the light bulb the trip switched.
What wires did i get wrong?
Cheers
Dug
2007-10-16 01:04:14 · 8 answers · asked by dug d 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Defo Red, Yellow ( NOT yellow/green) & Blue. The other 2 cables have yellow/green wires.
2007-10-16 01:24:06 · update #1
I should have added - i DID turn the supply off before i did anything else.
Whilst i agree about getting an electrician in, time and money dictates otherwise.
2007-10-16 09:07:07 · update #2
All sorted - i gave up and called in an electrician............ watching him work i realsie i was NEVER going to do it, he had to use some kind of circuit tester (but i had the last laugh - when he screwed the "rose" to the ceiling he went thru a cable LOL).
Thanks to all for replying.
Dug
2007-10-17 07:52:06 · update #3
Could be anything from your description, I wouldn't even guess!! Why did you not just disconnect the old light and connect the new one like for like??? What are the switches, one gang X 2, or one 2 gang, what do/did they control???
2007-10-16 03:52:13 · answer #1 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It sounds as though you managed to short-circuit the switch.
If you have a conventional ceiling rose then you'll see three metal connector blocks (+one for the earths). Two of these blocks will be 3-way and one is 2-way. Normally you'll see 2 reds and a brown tied together, 2 blacks and a red tied togther, then 1 blue and a sleeved wire tied together on the 2-way block. The blue and brown go down to the light fitting.
Check that the blue wire in the ceiling is not just a black one with a blue sleeve on it. If it is then it will be the 'switched' wire from the light switch itself.
Connecting all of the reds together is correct.
Connecting all the green/yellow ones together is correct.
Connect the two blacks and the fitting's blue together is correct.
Connect the blue one (as described above) from the ceiling to the brown of the fitting.
Important:
If you're in any doubt at all then get in someone who knows what they're doing to fit it for you.
2007-10-16 14:09:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
It seems (Via email) that the questioner has two separate wall switches.
(a) 2-gang (2-way for Centre light and 1-way garden light)
(b) 1-gang (2-way for centre light)
If you connect the two reds together, two blacks together, two greens together (use plastic connector strip for now) does the rest of the house work correctly without fusing anything?
If it does, then you'll have to open up the 2-gang switch and try to describe what's in there...
(Don't connect the centre light & leave the red/blue/yellow out for a minute, and the garden light won't work either.)
2007-10-16 14:20:04 · answer #3 · answered by Pauline 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You clearly have no idea how to wire up ceiling lights.
In almost all cases you do not simply put all the like colours together. (you found out the hard way.)
The live return from the switch is normally Black (blue on new wiring)
Get someone who is qualified before you kill someone.
PS there is no legal wire that has blue red and green
(you must mean blue, brown & green/yellow)
2007-10-16 08:10:23 · answer #4 · answered by Ron S 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Best way it to use a miltimeter , and all the power in the house off.
Each switch must have a feed , this will go to the light, there must also be a neutral going to the light.
check the continuity of all the wires draw your self a circuit .
or get some one who knows what there doing.
the cable colours mean nothing (some circuits are all wired in the same colour), and you have to ignore them, unless you are going to wire it from scratch.
2007-10-17 08:51:29 · answer #5 · answered by matrix 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
honestly get a electrician too do it we all
have different ways of two way lighting
i would have to check the continuity
of the wires you have new wire colours
and old
2007-10-16 08:17:33 · answer #6 · answered by S Csparky 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Get hold of somebody who knows what they are doing before you kill yourself.
2007-10-16 08:15:08 · answer #7 · answered by deadrat 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ow my god...how have you still got all your fingers?
Your best bet would be to pick up your phone and call an electrician.
Stick to knitting in the future...it's safer by far.
2007-10-16 15:54:33 · answer #8 · answered by blissman 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋