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<blockquote data-quote="ivorypanic" data-source="post: 3398" data-attributes="member: 342"><p>OK so I got one of those from the shop. First thing I notice is theres 3 connectors on it, presumably for an earth...anyway dont have one, so just left it. Now the other two are labelled; one says N, the other L. Presumably live and neutral if school physics lessons serves me well. I have two wires, a red and a black. I guessed red was live, and black neutral. I had to cut back the wires a bit, i revealed the core bit, twisted it, put it into the relevant holes and screwed them in place.</p><p></p><p>But still no joy. Now I know its a live circuit (or at least it was before I tested it) because I put this little electrical tester thing on it and it basically blew it up. I guess I should have turned it off first huh! Anyway that tripped the fuse, so I flipped that back on and had a go at putting on the new fitting as described above...</p><p></p><p>So what now? I'm baffled. I don't see why it wont work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ivorypanic, post: 3398, member: 342"] OK so I got one of those from the shop. First thing I notice is theres 3 connectors on it, presumably for an earth...anyway dont have one, so just left it. Now the other two are labelled; one says N, the other L. Presumably live and neutral if school physics lessons serves me well. I have two wires, a red and a black. I guessed red was live, and black neutral. I had to cut back the wires a bit, i revealed the core bit, twisted it, put it into the relevant holes and screwed them in place. But still no joy. Now I know its a live circuit (or at least it was before I tested it) because I put this little electrical tester thing on it and it basically blew it up. I guess I should have turned it off first huh! Anyway that tripped the fuse, so I flipped that back on and had a go at putting on the new fitting as described above... So what now? I'm baffled. I don't see why it wont work. [/QUOTE]
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