bathroom light

[7balled]

Hi guys little confused here so can anyone help? Putting in new ceiling light in bathroom and have some wire confusion. New light has earth, neutral and live plus block for loop. Old rose has earth, 2 blue and 3 brown wires with 1 brown a bit darker then the other 2 so what goes where?

 

[Doc Hudson]

Welcome to the forum, It sounds to me like you should have the following; Earth goes in your Earth terminal, The 2 blues go in the neutral terminal, The single (darker) brown goes in the live and the three brown wires go in the loop. You may find the terminal connections are not physically big enough though so you could need larger connectors.

Doc H.

 

[m4tty]

And do a loop test to ensure earth is good

 

[7balled]

Right nice one, cheers

 

[ProDave]

It may be too late for the OP but my best advice is LOOK at what you have BEFORE you disconnect the wires from the old fitting.

If, as in this case, you have for instance brown wires going to different places, then mark them in some way so you know which ones go the the loop connection, and which one(s) goes to the light itself. Draw a diagram of how the old light was connected, then, if all else fails you will be able to revert back to the old light until you can work out what went wrong.

Then there will be no confusion when fitting the new light.

Just ripping out the old light, then wondering where they all go is NOT the way to do it.

 

[Doc Hudson]

It may be too late for the OP but my best advice is LOOK at what you have BEFORE you disconnect the wires from the old fitting.If, as in this case, you have for instance brown wires going to different places, then mark them in some way so you know which ones go the the loop connection, and which one(s) goes to the light itself. Draw a diagram of how the old light was connected, then, if all else fails you will be able to revert back to the old light until you can work out what went wrong.

Then there will be no confusion when fitting the new light.

Just ripping out the old light, then wondering where they all go is NOT the way to do it.

Quite right ProDave, you have confirmed some of the points we have written in our 'sticky' thread http://www.talk.electricianforum.co.uk/do-yourself-diy-electrical-forum-electrics/17453-common-problems-hazards-encountered-diy-electrical-work.html above. This must be one of the top 3 mistakes when changing light fittings.

Doc H.