Issue with 6 light spotlight.

Mike E · Jul 11, 2012

Hi, moved in to my first home at the start of the year and time has now come to start doing it up, I have bought a new 6 light spotlight but being some one who does before thinking I opened the box, took out the lights and cut off the rubber caps keeping the black, white, live and neutral wires together. I then read the instructions and realised I should not have took them off, I have bought some wire connectors and think I have the black and white wires joined correctly but not sure which set the live and neutral wires attach to, is anyone able to advise which set they attach to, all I remember is it was one wire to each set.

Link below should take you to a photo of the fitting, had to do it this way as typing this on iPhone.

Photo 1 - 2012-07-11 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Thanks for Amy help provided.

Doc Hudson · Jul 11, 2012

Welcome to the forum, I assume the spot lamps use GU10 lamps in the light fittings? as such there is no polarity so it is academic which way round you put the black & white. If they were ES screw thread lamps then the wire connecting to the center would be the live.

Doc H.

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Just make sure you do have an adequate earth connection as it is an all metal fitting.

Doc H.

SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH · Jul 11, 2012

That pic looks ok. You need to also connect the brown & the blue cables into the connectors. The light will work either way round but i believe the white is live so thats where you connect the brown cable, and the black is the neutral so thats where you connect the blue cable. The wires coming out the ceiling then connect to the mounted connector

ProDave · Jul 12, 2012

I would advise caution here.

First, read the instructions that came with the light.

Are you SURE they are GU10 lights, not MR16 (12V of roughly the same size)

It's very odd of the lighting manufacturer to leave the 2 core brown / blue that comes out of the termination block just floating like that.

You would normally connect your supply cable to the 3 way connector block fixed to the light fitting, but you need to find out and be SURE you also connect the brown and blue flying lead to the correct place.

Steve3948 · Jul 12, 2012

I would advise caution here.First, read the instructions that came with the light.

Are you SURE they are GU10 lights, not MR16 (12V of roughly the same size)

It's very odd of the lighting manufacturer to leave the 2 core brown / blue that comes out of the termination block just floating like that.

You would normally connect your supply cable to the 3 way connector block fixed to the light fitting, but you need to find out and be SURE you also connect the brown and blue flying lead to the correct place.

Dave he disconnected all the connections as explained in his op, his blue and brown was connected to the black and white but he did not note which went to what as he cut off the caps (crimps) to the cables.