Electrical question

[John]

Hello,

I have recently bought and installed a ceiling fan which also has a light attatched to it. When I came to fit it I was a bit unsure of how the wiring went because there wasn't just the red and black and Earth wire to connect but 3 red wires 3 black wires and an earth wire that hung from the ceiling. Looking at the old light fitting and the wiring to it, the 3 red wires were all in the same housing so I joined all these together and taped them up. The 3 remaining Black wires I wired up as follows, 1 thin Black wire went in the Neutral connection and the other thin Black wire and the other Black wire with a thick flex to it I wired up to the live terminal. The light and fan seem to work as it should do etc... but upon leaving it running for a while the other night there was a strong fishy smell coming from it and I was wondering if I had wired it up correctly? I have taken the fan back off and looked for something burning but cannot see anything.

Can anyone tell me if I have wired it up wrongly or correctly please?

Thanks.

[ARWadsworth]

tells you how to wire up the light. It looks like you have reversed switched live and neutral but that should not cause a fishy smell.

How about wiring the fan to a plug with a 3 amp fuse and giving it a test run to see if it the fan that smelt.

Adam

[Peter Andrews]

When you say "so I joined all these together and taped them up" I hope that you used a screw connector of some description and didn't just twist them together and cover with tape! If yes that may be why there is a smell.

Peter

[davej]