I've recently just fitted a ceiling light it seems to be fitted fine as its came on but is now not turning off. I've put the wires as follows -

Red - brown
Earth - earth port
Black - blue

Aswell as this I have a lose wire that is red but then coated in grey. I've tried putting this wire in to a empty port on the connecter this did not work I've tried connecting it in with the live but this dint work either. Please can somebody help me and advise me what to do I have a photo as my display picture of the wiring that I have done.

On 25/11/2012 20:01, Salford5ive wrote:
I've recently just fitted a ceiling light it seems to be fitted fine as
its came on but is now not turning off. I've put the wires as follows -


Red - brown
Earth - earth port
Black - blue

Aswell as this I have a lose wire that is red but then coated in grey.
I've tried putting this wire in to a empty port on the connecter this
did not work I've tried connecting it in with the live but this dint
work either. Please can somebody help me and advise me what to do I have
a photo as my display picture of the wiring that I have done.

Sounds like you have not used the switched live for the lamp, and wired
it to the permanent live instead.

Have a look at the pictures here for common wiring schemes:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...Loop-in_Wiring




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Cheers,

John.

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On Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:02:46 PM UTC, Salford5ive wrote:
I've recently just fitted a ceiling light it seems to be fitted fine as
its came on but is now not turning off. I've put the wires as follows -
Red - brown
Earth - earth port
Black - blue
Aswell as this I have a lose wire that is red but then coated in grey.
I've tried putting this wire in to a empty port on the connecter this
did not work I've tried connecting it in with the live but this dint
work either. Please can somebody help me and advise me what to do I have
a photo as my display picture of the wiring that I have done.

Disconnect the red/brown, and connect that wire on the lamp to the grey sleeved red.


NT

On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:01:41 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Red - brown
Earth - earth port
Black - blue

Disconnect the red/brown, and connect that wire on the lamp to the grey
sleeved red.

Yes, ish. I going to assume that the blue & brown are a flex or wires to
the bulb holder(s) and the red/black/grey sleeved red/earth are fixed
wiring.

We need to take into account that red, as there is only one it might be
safe to assume that this is the last fitting on a loop through system.
But either way it is permenant live and should be fixed into a terminal
on it's own. The grey sleeved red should connect to the brown. The rest
left as they are.

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Cheers
Dave.