Soldato
- Joined
- 10 Sep 2008
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- Bangor, Northern Ireland
Hey guys, I was going to replace the ceiling lights in my bathrooms with something a bit more snazzy than a bare bulb/rose, but I've become quite confused with the way its wired up. I thought it may have something to do with the fact there there is an automatic extractor fan, however upon checking my bedroom light, its exactly the same, despite there only being one switch to control one bulb.
I was just wondering if anyone could shed some light on why it is wired up this way, rather than one of each live/neutral/earth that I was expecting?
Picture of the bedroom light:
For those who cant see the terrible quality picture too well, there are 3 main grey cables (why 3 ive no idea) coming from the ceiling, 2 of them have the normal live/neutral/earth wires, however the last grey cable has 2 live wires and an earth, no neutral at all
Picture of the proposed light:
Now im left with this light fitting, only 5 available connections (including the 2 blank ones at the end) and a grand total of 9 wires to connect.
Im stumped
I was just wondering if anyone could shed some light on why it is wired up this way, rather than one of each live/neutral/earth that I was expecting?
Picture of the bedroom light:
For those who cant see the terrible quality picture too well, there are 3 main grey cables (why 3 ive no idea) coming from the ceiling, 2 of them have the normal live/neutral/earth wires, however the last grey cable has 2 live wires and an earth, no neutral at all
Picture of the proposed light:
Now im left with this light fitting, only 5 available connections (including the 2 blank ones at the end) and a grand total of 9 wires to connect.
Im stumped
