Ceiling Lampholder Wiring Help

[ABB]

Hi, Im trying to replace a ceiling lamp but am a little confused with the wiring. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I have attached a picture of the old lamp as it is currently connected (the lamp cable has been removed but was connected where the red circles are). The second picture is the new one and the lamp cable was already attached. Can anyone tell me where to connect each cable?

 

[Sparky Ninja]

Put N3 in T2, N1 & N2 in T6 & T7, then L1, L2 & L3 in T3, T4 & T5

And the earths of course.

 

[ABB]

Wow, didnt expect such a fast response. Thank you widdler.

 

[Sparky Ninja]

Your very welcome.

Make sure you isolate the whole circuit before you crack on with it.

 

[telectrix]

just be aware that N3 is NOT a neutral, it ia a switched live and should be red sleeved

 

[High Tower]

Ooohh oohhhh oohhhh I wanna play it's just like painting by numbers just with pretty wires!!
Lol

Having said that 100% respect to the op for the diagram as it don't half make life easier

 

[Doomed]

just be aware that N3 is NOT a neutral, it ia a switched live and should be red sleeved

Red sleeved?

 

[telectrix]

bet someone tells him to use brown sleeve! and yes, good pic.

 

[malcolmsanford]

bet someone tells him to use brown sleeve! and yes, good pic.

Now you have started something. I changed some lights in a house about a year back, I sleeved the black cables brown and was chatting to a sparks I know and didn't he pull me over the coals for it.

I know the approved document P is only a guide but I quoted him that new colours from appendix D should be used after March 2006, he came back with I should not have mixed up the colours and sleeved it red, we nearly had to stop buying pints that night, but luckily common sensed prevailed and we finished talking about work.

Who is right, I have a sneaky feeling it was him, as common sense tells you should not mix Red/Brown, but I wasn't going to let him win

 

[ste mac]

It's the same as adding to a circuit wired in red/black with brown/blue. That is mixing colours but it's the standard. At least it was sleeved indicating that it was a live conductor. If I saw brown on black I would assume it was a live conductor.

 

[Doomed]

and then put the 'mixed colours' warning sticker on the db

 

[telectrix]

either is correct, but i prefer to keep to sensible colours when i can. we beat napoleon in 1815, hitler in 1945, now we got stupid europrats dictating instead,what was the point. Rant for the day done, now i can go for a pint

 

[ABB]

Managed to get this done, thanks for the advice guys, you saved me a lot of time and hassle.