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<blockquote data-quote="Anthony Butler" data-source="post: 391342" data-attributes="member: 26140"><p>hi guys, hope someone can help me out here, just got a new house, with old dangly lighting,have swapped most of them with no problems, </p><p></p><p>but got to the last 1, and surprise surprise, didn't take a picture of the wires, nothing is marked, and in a right state now,</p><p></p><p>ok it has 4 twin and earth cables coming into it , red . black , and earth, 1 of the reds is live, so i have done what i have done to the others, and connected them all together, , so far so good, so that leaves 4 black cables, 2 lives, 1 switch live, and 1 dead cable, i have put the switch live into the new light, and the other 3 into the other side of the new light, , however, downstairs, there are 2 switches that control 2 lights, and can also be controlled from upstairs, so 3 switches controlling 2 lights, now the problem starts, i cant turn the damn lights off, nothing happens at the switch, so yes yes yes, i have clearly made an error somewhere, can someone point me in the right direction, as to what wire i have put in the wrong place, and to make matters worse, the smoke detectors, are spurred off the lighting, so when i pulled the old rose off, all the wires moved, so i have no clue as to where they go anymore <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p></p><p>regards</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anthony Butler, post: 391342, member: 26140"] hi guys, hope someone can help me out here, just got a new house, with old dangly lighting,have swapped most of them with no problems, but got to the last 1, and surprise surprise, didn't take a picture of the wires, nothing is marked, and in a right state now, ok it has 4 twin and earth cables coming into it , red . black , and earth, 1 of the reds is live, so i have done what i have done to the others, and connected them all together, , so far so good, so that leaves 4 black cables, 2 lives, 1 switch live, and 1 dead cable, i have put the switch live into the new light, and the other 3 into the other side of the new light, , however, downstairs, there are 2 switches that control 2 lights, and can also be controlled from upstairs, so 3 switches controlling 2 lights, now the problem starts, i cant turn the damn lights off, nothing happens at the switch, so yes yes yes, i have clearly made an error somewhere, can someone point me in the right direction, as to what wire i have put in the wrong place, and to make matters worse, the smoke detectors, are spurred off the lighting, so when i pulled the old rose off, all the wires moved, so i have no clue as to where they go anymore :( regards [/QUOTE]
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