Looking to replace our kitchen light - just had a quick look at the existing wiring for it and it's a bit of a mess. So I'll leave it until tomorrow (light is fading!)
Currently the light only uses neutral/live, but I've noticed that there's a connector block with:
Neutral (blue), Live (1x red) both currently used by existing light, but also:
Earth (nothing unusual, but also 3x random red cables.
The 3 red cables come out of the ceiling void - no idea what they're for for but they're not connected up to anything for the existing light, is it possible that there was an additional light at some point in the room that it was connected off of?
None of this will affect what I'm doing, just confused by these random red cables! It's a very old building though!
Currently the light only uses neutral/live, but I've noticed that there's a connector block with:
Neutral (blue), Live (1x red) both currently used by existing light, but also:
Earth (nothing unusual, but also 3x random red cables.
The 3 red cables come out of the ceiling void - no idea what they're for for but they're not connected up to anything for the existing light, is it possible that there was an additional light at some point in the room that it was connected off of?
None of this will affect what I'm doing, just confused by these random red cables! It's a very old building though!
, best not desturb it too much, as its likely to crumble apart, especially at terminations where the inner core are exposed to the air.