LIghting dilemma wiring not working

[Sat22]

Hi, I have a dilemma. I am replacing an old rose pendant light with a fancy chrome one. There are 3 grey cables hanging from the ceiling.

Left grey cable has a neutral (black) and an Earth, can’t see a live (red)

Middle cable has all 3 red, black, earth

Cable on right has one earth and 2 red

I’ve connected but it’s not working. What am I doing wrong? Should one of the reds from the right cable be going into the brown? What do I do with the othe 2 reds? Also should there be 4 reds instead of the 3 that I have or is this normal?

Should I have left the fixing as per pic 2? this is from a diff light but as you can see has 4 reds not 3

 

[Wilko]

Hi Sat - Don't suppose you took a pic of the original setup? I would need test gear to sort this, just sayin

 

[WillWX]

You need to have one of the cores from the twin red with your brown from the New fitting and all the other reds terminated together. (Obviously needs doing properly, can’t see the full picture..)

 

[buzzlightyear]

o f88k ,my advice switch off and leave off till you get a spark in only .

 

[KEV 1 N]

Bit of a pigs breakfast, the way you’ve connected that lot!

 

[buzzlightyear]

Bit of a pigs breakfast, the way you’ve connected that lot

he could end up like your avatar kev1N.playing with thing like that and don't know what they are doing .

 

[Tes369]

Or my avatar.

 

[PEG]

When did 9 become 8?

 

[Sat22]

Hi thanks for the responses, the second pic is from a diff light fitting. I was trying to compare. Unfortunately didn’t take a pic of the set up for first pic.

So there appears to only be 8 cables. Would it still work if wired correctly and one of the twin reds wires to the brown. When you say isolate the other reds would I isolate as I’ve done in the pic or twist them together and then wrap the connector block?

 

[PEG]

This is the quandary,how is it possible to suggest it could be wired correctly,if it should have 9,and is wired with 8?

What testing gear have you got knowledge and access to?

 

[Marvo]

This falls under the step by step guide rule so I'm afraid thread is closed. How The DIY Area Works - https://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/threads/how-the-diy-area-works.99209/

Please get someone qualified to help you, with the correct tests this would take only a few minutes to fix safely. There's numerous ways this might have been wired but it's impossible to be certain just from pictures.