Wirring Issue

[printmafia]

Hi guys, i just converted all my home tube lights into LED tubelights. Done all downstairs successfully, and stuck on loft lighting.
I changed wirring from tube lights, removed starter and balast. please see this image and let me know where i went wrong? I am not electrition just have very basic knowledge. Thanks for your help.
S.K

 

[Darkwood]

Welcome to the forum , I have approved your post for general forum to get a quicker response, when Admin' is next on line you may be given DIY status and thread relocated, this will not effect any post already made.

 

[TJ Anderson]

What happened when you switched the circuit breaker on?

 

[printmafia]

When i switched it on, All electric works perfectly except this one. In other means no change.
regards
S.K

 

[printmafia]

Close picture

 

[Darkwood]

First thing to note is that the connector in the fitting denoted L is for the switch wire and in your case you should have the mains L loop in the loose connector - not that it would stop it working though.

 

[printmafia]

Are you saying saying that the connections you can see in the picture should work regardless? that Mains L should be in loose loop. Or shall i change it and then it will work.
S.K

 

[benji]

What fitting have you fitted in bathroom out of curriosity

 

[printmafia]

Its in Loft. One of the downstairs bed room feeding Loft. Then in loft we have couple of sockets and 2 tube lights. Sockets are working but tube lights are not

 

[Darkwood]

Are you saying saying that the connections you can see in the picture should work regardless? that Mains L should be in loose loop. Or shall i change it and then it will work.
S.K

You have taken the integral fitting switch wire out of the L terminal and put it in the spare connector with the incoming switch so it should still work but this is not how it was supposed to be connected as I mentioned above but it still does the same job albiet the yellow device you see connected across your supply will be in circuit 24/7 this could lead to it prematurely failing. It also provides a few functions to the fitting and in its current connection it cannot so the fitting will be less efficient and more prone to mains transients.

 

[printmafia]

Hi Darkwood, Thanks for your answer, but as english is not my first language, your answer went on top of my head....LOL. I am not being cheeky but can you please simplify your answer, what shall i have to do. shall i take that yellow thing out?
regards
S.K

 

[printmafia]

and two hot wires coming from switch should be together in spare connector?

 

[Darkwood]

You have (L)ive (N)eutral and (Sw)itch live

When you opened your fitting you had some connectors marked up L & N (Earth ignored to simplify discussion). These terminals L/N are not Live and Neutral but Switch live and Neutral so you connect your switch wire and Neutral to them.
If you have a Permanent Live loop in your wires then it is these that are put in the seperate connector when you are not provided with a spare terminal for them.
You have removed the integral fitting Switch wire from the L terminal and put it into a loose connector but in doing so you have altered the way the yellow capacitor works with the fitting, you should not have to alter any integral wiring in a fitting when connecting to them, in doing so you need to ask yourself why would you need to do that in the first place as something must be wrong and it is probably incorrect.

 

[printmafia]

Tube fitting and tube light was tested before installing in loft. It works perfectly when i connect Brown in Live Blue in Nutral plug in socket. swith on and it works. I changed normal florecent tube to LED fitting, and for LED i had to change tube fittings.

 

[Darkwood]

If the fitting work direct of plug tops then you have probably got a wiring or switch issue, nothing we can diagnose over a forum, it will require testers and some investigation