Lazy husband

Hi will someone please help me out as my lazy ass husband is useless. 

this could be entertaining

I want a light fitting putting up but it looks like spaghetti junction 

is this the right light?

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.5134476,-1.8662425,3a,15y,192.82h,97.16t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGRE7dnZmPtqVSty5Y7zujA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DGRE7dnZmPtqVSty5Y7zujA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D83.70132%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

No but that made me laugh 

Gemma take pics 

Gemmadiyxx said:

No but that made me laugh 

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i try

I will have to take one tomorrow 

Am I ok swapping a light fitting 

maybe. maybe not.  i dont know what your electical skills are like. firstly, make sure the power is turned off before doing anything. take a photo of the connections and make note of what goes where. remove old light. fit new light, put wiring into terminals, put power on and either you have light or you best stock up on candles

Ok thank you sweet 

Andy™ said:

is this the right light?

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.5134476,-1.8662425,3a,15y,192.82h,97.16t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGRE7dnZmPtqVSty5Y7zujA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DGRE7dnZmPtqVSty5Y7zujA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D83.70132%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

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THats not a light....that's a junction

Gemmadiyxx said:

Am I ok swapping a light fitting 

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Legally you are perfectly ok to do DIY electrical work. However although at its simplest level a light fitting only needs 1x Live wire(Red or brown), 1x Neutral wire(Black or Blue) and 1x Earth wire(Green/yellow), wired into a three terminal connector block. In reality somewhere there also needs to be a switch to turn the lamp off or on, so what you then have is Live supply (in then out to switch), Switched live back from the light switch, Neutral and Earth. Which is four connections that generally don't fit into the pathetically small connector block that came with the light fitting. To compound this problem of getting all the wires into the connectors that were supplied with the lights, the circuit is often looped from room to room at the light fittings, so your light fitting may have the following:-

1/ Live from fuse box + Live to switch + Live to next light in the circuit:  (3x Lives into permanent live connection)

2/ Live back from switch + Live to lamp:  (2x Switched live connections)

3/ Neutral From fuse box + Neutral to lamp + Neutral to next light in circuits: (3x Neutrals into neutral connection)

4/ Earth from fuse box + Earth to switch + Earth to next light in circuit: (3x Earths into Earth connection)

So if it is easy it may be just 3 wires, or it could be 11, (or more), wires you need to connect up. If you do get it wrong you could trip the fuse, or stop other lights further down the circuit from working. It can be done as a DIY task if a sensible systematic approach is taken, but also if an over confident gung-ho approach is taken electricity will kill a healthy adult very quickly. If in doubt don't, but if you do, take lots of before, during and after photos in case a need to fix this problem occurs!

Doc H

kerching said:

THats not a light....that's a junction

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Technically, I think it is actually an Interchange not a Junction?   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravelly_Hill_Interchange

But either way it is not a light wiring diagram!

Doc H

I shamed my imbecile of a husband to put this light up and now it won't turn off after him saying how hard is it match some colours together. Help meeeeeee xx 

did you take photos of connections before? did it go bang when switched on?

He has done that deliberately so that you never ask him again.

Roughly where in the country are you?

I am in Chester x 

What colour wires are there poking out of the ceiling ?

it 'may' give us a clue

eg     A grey cable with a brown and blue wire in it OR a white cable with 2reds in it etc etc