No. The three reds "twisted" together will be live in, live out, and switch feed. The blacks twisted together will be neutral in and neutral out. You therefore want to use (b)(Neutral), (c)(Switched Live) and of course (d)Earth.
HTH -
No. The two blacks and the red tagged black, or switched live.
The three reds are just a live common point.
Andy
In message , cerberus wrote
Don't tell too many people - changing light fittings is good business! SWMBO buys new light fitting, husband unscrews ceiling rose, sees all those wire & panics!
Your clocks wrong on your PC hth
His clock is fine. His time zone is wrong.
ah ok
Must be us then ! ;-)
Andy
But you've still not corrected it
I'm in the process of wiring some some new ceiling light fittings & have found the following configuration;
(a) = 3 reds twisted together
(b) = 2 Blacks twisted together
(c) = 1 black (marked with red tape
(d) = Earth
I assume that (b) is the 'loop termination' & only (a) (c) & (d) are used in the fitting?
Don.
Cheers Frank & Andy.
The adage 'measure twice cut once' springs to mind ;-)
Don.
'Her indoors' is a happy bunny now she can play with her new halogens ;-)
Don.
Oh yes I have.
Don.
Indeed so. And the variation where husband/'friend'/'someone my mother knows'/'odd jobs bloke' puts all the reds together, all the blacks, and connects those to the new fitting....
LOL... mind you it is nice when attractive housewife considers you to be a wizard for sorting it out after hubby gave up!
Lighting circuits must cause more confusion than any other electrical problem for the wannabe diy'er !
Steve
Nope time & date correct, but it is showing everyone else as 11 hrs behind for some reason?
Don.
Just checked, Bob was spot on. Grandaughter's been twiddling again!
Don.
Need a wiki article on this, Anyone wantt o move their explanation there?
Yes. Often you find that people will have a go at lighting but bottle out on socket replacement due to the higher rating!
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