The Sludge

any on here?

The DIVA

iTrader: (3)

Whats`s the problem dude ?

KSA-Cossie

iTrader: (4)

I am m8.

stuey

same, what seems to be your boggle ?

The DIVA

iTrader: (3)

All gone quiet..........















































Must of fookin electrocuted himself....

The Sludge

ok thanks for reply so quick. Ok here we g. Downstairs light i was replacing from a single bayonet bulb to a 3 pce spotlight running 40w each bulb

took the plastic round thing off ( ) and there was 3 black, 3 red, 3 earth all connected to individual connectors. Off the far left and far right was 1 blue and 1 brown. Now had it been possible to fit the unit to the ceiling without messing the wires up i would have done so.

So i twisted the 3 red to the connector, the 3 lack to the connector and the 3 earth to the connector. All looking good so i thought

Lights downstairs didnt work. Reset fuse box and then lighsts work downstairs EXCEPT hallway and all the lights upstairs. I check fusebox and its tripped. I buy a new 6 amp fuse from BandQ plug that in.

It doesnt trip out. No others tripped. Uostairs light and hallway still dont work.At present the hallway just has electrical tape over ends of wire.

What has hapened?

KSA-Cossie

iTrader: (4)

You've got a dead short by the sounds of it m8.

The Sludge

dead short? whats that mean then dude is it expensive to srt out like?

KSA-Cossie

iTrader: (4)

Means you've joined a live to a neutral piece o piss to fix with a multi meter.

The Sludge

thing is we used a tester to try the black wires, not the red and have no current to em.

is that right then

dannyblackpool

have we any paramedics?? fancy setting off to sludges house now?? pm him quick for address

The Sludge

@danny

actually i already had the fire brigade out

i forgot to tell ADT about the alarm being turned off......

couldhave crawled up me own arse

The DIVA

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Just PM`ed you my Number mate................bell me and ill talk you through it.....

The Sludge

just got it 2 secs dude

KSA-Cossie

iTrader: (4)

Fook ! Just re-read your post i think whats happened is you've got a wrong connection at the joint and have lost the feed to the other lights.

The Sludge

cheers davva for ya chat on the phone. will let ya know tomoz how i get on

The DIVA

iTrader: (3)

Hope that helps mate...

focusv8

He's fallen into the LOOP IN ceiling rose Trap!!

dannyblackpool

Robbie must be one of the most generous fellas on here, Always up to help and even travels!!

Wouldnt be sat where i am on pc now if it wernt for him

The DIVA

iTrader: (3)

Cheers fella.........

You are a top chap yourself mate when im constantly plaguing you about turbo tips.....

The Sludge

St3V3_C

Yea, joining all 3 black wires was your problem - one of them is actually a live...

Just a quick pic I knocked up

The DIVA

iTrader: (3)

Nice pic dude....


Looks just like the one in my old college books....
(Chalked on a slate tablet)

St3V3_C

lol. It's from here - I googled it...

http://www.diydata.com/planning/elec...ric_lights.htm

dry

People should leave things to the sparkies. That way we can charge extortoinate rates after scratching our heads and saying " God, this is gonna cost ya. What the hell have ya done ? " When really the problem is quite simple. lol

There should have been some red sleeving/tape on the single black if it was wired competently in the first place to indicate it as a switch wire. Then you would'nt have had this problem. . .

focusv8

For RED sleeving, read BROWN sleeving using the new colours.

dry

Everytime you go to work there is a new Regulation. Getting bloody stupid now. Brown sleeve on the grey and black strappers in a 2-way. Brown sleeve on the black (if it's the permanent live) and blue sleeve on the grey (neutral) in emergency lighting ! Think i will do the one day course and become a plumber !

focusv8

You Want to try working on 3 phase.

Now that Black is live, and Blue is Neutral. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE because of the changes.