"The Wanderer" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:12:07 -0000, John wrote:

"The Wanderer" wrote in message
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I have a bungalow, and dressing the wires into a different position from
the loft rather than trying to bend the wires from below through the
fitting seems to have cured the problem


You have a bad connection. You MUST fix it as it is a fire risk.

No, I have a poorly designed lamp connectors, which have now been
operating
perfectly satisfactorily for a couple of years since I first diagnosed the
problem. See my reply to Harry Bloomfield.

Granny, eggs, suck, teach don't. Rearrange into a well-known saying! :-)





Poorly designed connections are giving you a bad connection - it still needs
fixing even if you feel it is not your fault!