What wires go where?

[Tiny Spark]

Look carefully at the pic mate the white loops in just under the blue.

 

[KAS1]

Must be my eyes mate that looks yellow to me .......................just looked again still looks yellow........ must go to specsavers soon lol

 

[Tiny Spark]

must go to specsavers soon lol

Damn... There goes my punchline!

 

[telectrix]

Must be my eyes mate that looks yellow to me .......................just looked again still looks yellow........ must go to specsavers soon lol

that's the nicotine on your pc screen. try some silly bang.

 

[Flanders]

Yes Agree with trev

 

[KAS1]

No that's a yellow wire on my screen lol

 

[Sintra]

that's the nicotine on your pc screen. try some silly bang.

Thats what might happen if the op connects this up wrong.

 

[MDJ]

I Think what I posted was right, red,white and blue was a very common combination pre 70s

 

[KAS1]

This is 4 pages long already lol

 

[RWJ]

Guys come on ffs. Can't you see this is yet another wind up.

I reckon it's really a kitchen fitter from Romford named Dave....

 

[Miss Sparks]

red white and blue were very common and used pre 1970s, i have seen and used it before several times, then it changed to red yellow and blue, my guess is the colours are red=live, blue=neutral and white is the switch live, that would be pretty likely

thank you. X

 

[davethsparky]

A modified version of the process an electrician will go through:

Step 1, check your fuseboard, do you have RCD protection over the circuit? If not then call a sparky for advice
Step 2, check the location of the existing fan, compare this with the zones as defined in the regs, this information is usually copied into homebase's instruction leaflets along with details of which zone it is suitable for. If not call then sparky for advice
Step 3, check that a suitable 3 pole isolator has been installed to allow you to switch off the supply to this fan before you start working on it, if it has been installed correctly then the light in the room should stay on once the fan is isolated allowing you to see what you are doing (its almost like someone thought about this!) if not then call a sparky for advice
Step 4, if the existing connections are labelled then that should tell you which wire does what, if not you will have to follow safe testing procedures, probably with it live, to work this out.
Step 5, Remove old fan and fit new in its place
Step 6, correctly label the wires with sleeving, connect them to the appropriate terminals in the new fan. Make sure the screws are tight enough but not too tight or too loose. Too loose = house fire, too tight = house fire, unfortunately we cannot translate the feeling of when a connection is correct into written words.
Step 7, carry out necessary testing.
Step 8, turn it back on.

As you can see the actual fitting of the fan is only a tiny part of the work involved and what a sparky will be doing when he is changing a fan.

Also to ensure your safety from electric shock, if you have one of those little neon screwdrivers to test whether it is live or not place it on a hard surface (concrete or simmilar) and hit it as hard as possible with the biggest hammer you can find, hit it a few more time just to make sure.

 

[7029 dave]

I reckon it's really a kitchen fitter from Romford named Dave....

NOT ME!!! lol

 

[KAS1]

All the above, experienced spark = 10 - 20 mins with drinking cuppa and a quick smoke lol

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still looks yellow to me lol

 

[KAS1]

mind you it could be white as the G/y sleeving looks just green to me