I disconnected my lounge light last week and painted the ceiling. Now
> I'm ready to reconnect the light and I'm trying to remember how it was
> wired (stupid I know).
>
> There are three cables coming out of the ceiling with each cable
> having a black, red and earth wire.
>
> From memory, the three reds are connected together, one black goes to
> the brown wire on the light and the other two blacks go to the blue
> wire. Is this right? How can I test which black wire is connected to > the brown wire? >
Oh dear, its a very common mistake to dissconnect a ceiling rose without labelling the cables, and difficult to fix by remote advice. Check for example here
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