5 red wires in ceiling lamp (Ed.)

[Markymark01]

Evening All, I’m trying to fit a ceiling light with the standard 3 wires. The problem I have is that there are 5 red wires coming from the ceiling. Any ideas please?

 

[Murdochcat]

Did you take a photo showing the old connections ?

 

[Markymark01]

I have now, should be shown

 

[Murdochcat]

I have now, should be shown

Not showing

 

[robinbanks]

I have now

Murdo means did you take a photo before you started disconnecting stuff?
Even better if you label wires with an A, B.. before you pull them

 

[Markymark01]

 

[robinbanks]

Any pics of the wires in the other side of that block?

 

[Markymark01]

No, I haven’t put the new wires to it, but they are standard brown, blue and yellow

 

[Murdochcat]

Best connect to the same ones as before

 

[robinbanks]

Can you remember, or deduce from which port is dirtier/more oxidised/has its screw more screwed down than the others, which was the unused one?

 

[Notch7]

Evening All, I’m trying to fit a ceiling light with the standard 3 wires. The problem I have is that there are 5 red wires coming from the ceiling. Any ideas please?

If it’s a light that can only be operated by a single switch , it would be nice to think the single red is the switched live but Im probably over simplifying as there’s so many permutations

 

[Markymark01]

Thanks for your replies folks. I’m usually ok at this sort of thing but it looks like I’ll have to get a sparky in.

 

[robinbanks]

Got a multimeter?

 

[markyd1]

Where are the neutrals

 

[securespark]

Going off the numbers of conductors, I would say from L-R:

Loop, SL, Neutral, Earth.

This can be confirmed with a multimeter.