Replaced a florescent strip light in the kitchen and failed miserably.
The fitting of it is fine, it's the wiring that has stumped me
When I removed the strip light it revealed two cables coming from the ceiling, which had the red and black separately paired into a block, the earth then went into its own block and was connected to the strip light fitting. The block with the read and black in had blue and brown coming from the other side going to the light.
The replacement light only has Live and Neutral, no earth. So what I did, rightly or not, was both reds into a block and then into the Live and the same with the black, paired into a block and a single into Neutral. The earths I paired and terminated in a block.
Once fitted, the light switched on, but on switching it off it would trip the fuse to which I have no idea as to why.
I will add that there's two light switches in the room, but I'm not sure if that should make any difference as all I've done is not connected the earth to the new light fitting as per the instructions which just show L & N to be fitted.
Any budding electricians, or someone that understands this better than me care to try to help me out?
Here is what is coming from the ceiling with regards to the wiring: -
These are the lights in question: -
https://www.diy.com/departments/hades-chrome-effect-mains-powered-4-lamp-spotlight/1703798_BQ.prd
The fitting of it is fine, it's the wiring that has stumped me
When I removed the strip light it revealed two cables coming from the ceiling, which had the red and black separately paired into a block, the earth then went into its own block and was connected to the strip light fitting. The block with the read and black in had blue and brown coming from the other side going to the light.
The replacement light only has Live and Neutral, no earth. So what I did, rightly or not, was both reds into a block and then into the Live and the same with the black, paired into a block and a single into Neutral. The earths I paired and terminated in a block.
Once fitted, the light switched on, but on switching it off it would trip the fuse to which I have no idea as to why.
I will add that there's two light switches in the room, but I'm not sure if that should make any difference as all I've done is not connected the earth to the new light fitting as per the instructions which just show L & N to be fitted.
Any budding electricians, or someone that understands this better than me care to try to help me out?
Here is what is coming from the ceiling with regards to the wiring: -
These are the lights in question: -
https://www.diy.com/departments/hades-chrome-effect-mains-powered-4-lamp-spotlight/1703798_BQ.prd
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