hi- doing up an old house.
It will be completely rewired by an electrician, however, I'm trying to get some lighting working first to help in clearing out the place.
One room had 2 non-working fluorescent lights which I removed, leaving
2 cables coming in through the ceiling.I connected simple light fittings (bayonet style bulbs), which do not work.
I've measured the voltage across each of them, and it appears to be 1.4 volts. Measuring the working light fitting in the next room gives 240v as I'd expect.
Can someone explain this? Might there be some kind of step-down transformer hidden in the ceiling?