HELP! Too many wires than I know what to deal with L!

[Ashley111]

I went to attach my new metal light fitting with the obvious earth, neutral live attachments on it, upon taking the old one off I came across all these wires as seen in the picture, what the hell do I do with these!? Help please!

 

[gutterball]

a picture of before you disconnected the light would help

 

[Ashley111]

This is the old fitting of that helps

 

[Andy78]

Far too many black wires there. Oh hang on, they're shadows...... time for a wine.

 

[gutterball]

so you didn't take a picture before you pulled all the wires out

 

[Ashley111]

No cos I'm that stupid

 

[Bradley6969]

Both T+E are your loop in and loop out, and your 3 core is your switch you have picture of inside light switch?

 

[Ashley111]

I've not attempted opening the swith, should I?

 

[Ashley111]

Just thought it would be a simple taking old one off put new one on kinda job hahaa!

 

[gutterball]

do you have a fan in the room

 

[telectrix]

hmmmmm. time to employ the services of a local spark. stick this on the music centre and he/she will have got it working before the track finishes. ssssssssimpleeessss.

 

[Octopus]

Is this the week for DIYers to change their lights .... FFS

 

[Ashley111]

Yes there is a fan installed but it's never on, I keep it off

 

[telectrix]

I've not attempted opening the swith, should I?

do not open the switch. you've done enough already.

 

[Bradley6969]

do not open the switch. you've done enough already.

Good point

 

[Andy78]

Both T+E are your loop in and loop out, and your 3 core is your switch you have picture of inside light switch?

If you can psychicly diagnose that at a distance without testing I may have some subby work for you to do with my callouts.

 

[Ashley111]

Yeh I'm touching nothing lmao

 

[telectrix]

post#11 is your answer. if you were localtome, i'd fix it for the pleasure of listening to pink floyd and a couple of pints.

 

[KEV 1 N]

I'm not being nasty here, but I find it funny when people take down a light and expect to see just 3 wires L N E, and then wonder why there's more (even more funny when they connect all the Reds (Browns) together and all the blacks (blues) together and then wonder why the mcb keeps blowing!

 

[telectrix]

I'm not being nasty here, but I find it funny when people take down a light and expect to see just 3 wires L N E, and then wonder why there's more (even more funny when they connect all the Reds (Browns) together and all the blacks (blues) together and then wonder why the mcb keeps blowing!

do not complain. it's things like this that pay the bar bill.