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  1. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    Thanks again so much for all your help – it's been a really fun process but of course 240v is not fun ;)
  2. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    Yes! I had looked at these but with the three cables (wires) and not one single cable I didn't think they'd work as waterproof connectors as the seal would be round the single cable but with 3 wires there's room for water ingress? I have heatshrink butt crimp connectors which would've been fine...
  3. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    It works!!! Can you explain what is happening? I kinda get it but just know if I was to do another run I’d get it wrong 😂 +ve to +ve with the third wire -ve to -ve with the third wire Thanks so much for coming back and helping. Much appreciated.
  4. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    If this helps...
  5. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    Hi folks... thanks again to everyone who has given advice – I'm almost there. Back to the original question. I now have a set up of: starter cable first run of lights (end not plugged into starter cable has 2 pin female connector removed revealing the 3 wires) second run of lights (2 pin male...
  6. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    So what's the best way to determining which wires go together?
  7. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    1. Current per LED: 20mA (0.02A). 2. Current per Bulb: Since each bulb has 7 LEDs in parallel, the current for each bulb is: 0.02A \times 7 = 0.14A 3. Total Current for 10 Bulbs: 0.14A \times 10 = 1.4A So a bridge rectifier of at least 400v with a current rating of at least 2A?
  8. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    I understand, @westward10 – didn't mean to create any issues I'm only really wanting to get these strings working and then I can rest easy. I won't be using the rewired strings permanently now... I'm just curious.
  9. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    Thanks again. The website is actually ConnectPro® Festoon Lights, Connectable, SMD LEDs, Frosted Bulbs, Black Rubber Cable - https://www.festive-lights.com/connectpro-festoon-lights-connectable-warm-white-smd-leds-frosted-bulbs-rubber-cable if that makes any difference? I asked customer support...
  10. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    Yeah I managed to establish either one all but one string working or two strings but not the rest working before the starter lead tripped the RCD and presumingly knackered the bridge rectifier which is why I dismantled one of them. It tripped the RCD as I was changing the order of the cables and...
  11. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    Wow I feel like this is a breakthrough AND that we can figure out how to connect the 3 wires together? I’ve had the following combinations working: 1. All lights working except the second in the run which one end has the 2 pin connector cut so it’s connecting the three wires via Wagos (to test...
  12. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    This was inside the “starter plug”. Is this a transformer?
  13. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    Haha I understand but these were expensive and IP65 rated but only 2 years warranty so I’m determined! Can’t be that hard! 🤪 I connected all the other lights and seems like it may be just this one set of lights not turning on. 5 x 5m lengths.
  14. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    Okay so I had a better look at one of the 2 pin connectors. Looks like two wires go into one pin and one the other. So I tried this temporarily. See photos attached. I’m not sure which wire is live and which is neutral on the second 5m length but I do know which wire wasn’t returning any...
  15. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    Anyone else? I’m stumped.
  16. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    So I put one multimeter probe to one of the two wires (the ones that had continuity) and the other probe to the plug. With one wire both plug pins had continuity. The other wire had none. I’m assuming that wire is therefore the live but weird it returned a reading for both pins on the plug…
  17. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    Ah that's part of a "starter" cable which has a plug (that goes into the wall) and a female 2 pin connector. And yep the top pin is plastic!
  18. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    Yep these are AC mains :thumbsup:
  19. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    I found the following online but I honestly have no clue... I just wanted to fix the festoon lighting :rolleyes: Parallel Wiring: Festoon lights are usually wired in parallel, meaning each bulb gets the same voltage. The third wire could be part of a parallel circuit configuration. In this...
  20. Richard Cook

    UK Identifying live, neutral and earth in outdoor festoon lighting

    Isn't this just the same as measuring voltage in a plug socket? And the plug pins can face me upside too... there's only two pins. Do you mean with the key on the 2 pin connection plug at the bottom? There's three wires going into a male 2 pin connector at one end three wires going into a...

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