tell me im having a blonde day

[glasgospark]

1 bed flat

smoke alarm install , took neutral from nearest light and live from nearest switch connected smokey switched power on and only light that worked was the one i took neutral from and the smokey worked every other light had no neutral.
puzzled :s

any ideas

 

[Redvanman]

What expand please

 

[KAS1]

Yep I certainly do ............... come on get a grip, re-check all your terminations..............

 

[glasgospark]

thats basically it , what other info do you require

 

[Octopus]

when you say you "took" the neutral - could this be a clue?

 

[Redvanman]

Well from the very basic info I'd say you've dropped a neutral

 

[glasgospark]

when you say you "took" the neutral - could this be a clue?

there was 2 neutrals 1 switch wire at light

1 switch wire 2 loop feeds at switch


connections are perfectly fine , i even disconnected my new cables and the problem still happend

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Well from the very basic info I'd say you've dropped a neutral

yes i did but i cant figure out how :s

 

[Octopus]

time to do the basics but from what you've said you need to do R1 + Rn as well as R1 + R2!

 

[tony mc]

So when you test at the lights that are not working WHAT is missing !

 

[glasgospark]

So when you test at the lights that are not working WHAT is missing ![/QUO

neutral is missing , i know the neutral is dropped but cannot figure out why im starting to think i had drilled into ceiling into the cable but i dunno :O

 

[Redvanman]

Check that the outgoing neutral hasn't broken inside terminal or you clamped down onto insulation. Have you 230v across switch live and neutral at each light

 

[Redvanman]

Sorry should have said switch live and earth

 

[glasgospark]

Check that the outgoing neutral hasn't broken inside terminal or you clamped down onto insulation. Have you 230v across switch live and neutral at each light

the connections were 2 neutrals at light 1 switch wire
2 loop feeds at switch 1 switch wire

i connected neutral to light and live to loop feed ,

checked every connections dozen times as there was only 2 connections made i was pulling my hair out

 

[7029 dave]

that will teach you for not taking it as a pair

 

[glasgospark]

that will teach you for not taking it as a pair

productive criticism nice