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Default Replacing a ceiling light

On Apr 11, 3:20 pm, "Mando" wrote:
Hi all

Sorry to sound such a div, but I've got a simple wiring problem. I'm
replacing a ceiling light. There are 2 cables coming out of the
ceiling, that originally went into a ceiling rose terminal block (I
didn't make a not of how this was wired!). One cable has four wires
(red, blue, yellow, and one "naked"). The other cable has red L,
black
N and green/yellow E.

How do I connect these to the new light fittings, which has just 2
Live and Neutral connectors?

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

Paul


ok i was wrong not a fan lite , sounds like old style 3 way system.
are there 2 swithes that control the light? if so pull them out there
should be two screws the same color for your dummy wires, one green
for green yellow or nekkid, and one other color normally black
sometimes gold which is for common wire common on one swithch is a
feed (hot) the other switch has your switch leg (goes to lite).
white wire to white fixture wires, yellow (my guess) to black fixture
wires, red to red, black to blue, unless one of your commons is blue
or some other color then hook it to fixture black wires, nekkid yellow/
green E are all grounds