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The lighting circuit im trying to fix looks like the image above, apart from the bulb has 2 earths coming from it but that shouldnt make a difference. Also at the dimmer switch the switch is in L2 and doesnt work in L1?
I took it apart as the dimmer switch only turns the light on and off.
When i first looked at the wiring at the bulb all 3 red wires were on the same side of the connector block with nothing on the other side, 2 blacks one side and N i think on the other side also 1 black one side L on the other. Which obviously looks nothing like the picture.
Also the person who previously did the work hadnt labelled any of the 3 t&e so i dont know what is the supply to the light, supply to the next light and the t&e that goes to the dimmer switch (dont have continuity tester and there are no labels at the DB and i know that its on the same radial as the hallway and front room and the wiring is complete mess at DB)
So i just thought by process of elimination i would get it to work. Which involved lots of possibly variations so lots tests (1 with 2 in 3 out(L1 then L2). 1 with 3 in 2 out etc(L1 then L2) etc).
After doing all of them it wasn't working. So if anyone can understand my problem and can help it would be much appreciated? thanks
The lighting circuit im trying to fix looks like the image above, apart from the bulb has 2 earths coming from it but that shouldnt make a difference. Also at the dimmer switch the switch is in L2 and doesnt work in L1?
I took it apart as the dimmer switch only turns the light on and off.
When i first looked at the wiring at the bulb all 3 red wires were on the same side of the connector block with nothing on the other side, 2 blacks one side and N i think on the other side also 1 black one side L on the other. Which obviously looks nothing like the picture.
Also the person who previously did the work hadnt labelled any of the 3 t&e so i dont know what is the supply to the light, supply to the next light and the t&e that goes to the dimmer switch (dont have continuity tester and there are no labels at the DB and i know that its on the same radial as the hallway and front room and the wiring is complete mess at DB)
So i just thought by process of elimination i would get it to work. Which involved lots of possibly variations so lots tests (1 with 2 in 3 out(L1 then L2). 1 with 3 in 2 out etc(L1 then L2) etc).
After doing all of them it wasn't working. So if anyone can understand my problem and can help it would be much appreciated? thanks