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Aslan
Hi guys, just after some advice from people older or wiser (or both) than me. I went to wire in a new light in a lounge last night. The light is operated by two switches at each end of the room. When I removed the light cover I couldn't work out what was going on with the wiring. One cable from one of the switches is in normal T&E, but old colours. I am fine with that. The other is 3 core, again old colours but with a solid yellow wire. The yellow wire was connected to the live wires in the light housing. When I tested this it was obviously live.
The problem I have now is that I can get the light to come on, but it is permanently on and won't switch off at all, so I have had to disconnect it. I'm assuming I haven't wired in the switch live properly and have instead wired it as permanently live.
The way I initially wired it was to connect the two lives (red) to the L connection on the light fitting, the same with the neutrals (black) to the N and the 2 identifiable earths to the appropriate earth connection. This still leaves this solid yellow wire doing nothing and the light is permanently live. I don't doubt that i have missed a simple trick with this one but I just can't get my head around it...
The problem I have now is that I can get the light to come on, but it is permanently on and won't switch off at all, so I have had to disconnect it. I'm assuming I haven't wired in the switch live properly and have instead wired it as permanently live.
The way I initially wired it was to connect the two lives (red) to the L connection on the light fitting, the same with the neutrals (black) to the N and the 2 identifiable earths to the appropriate earth connection. This still leaves this solid yellow wire doing nothing and the light is permanently live. I don't doubt that i have missed a simple trick with this one but I just can't get my head around it...