Duff wiring

[Paul6756]

Hi,

Can you help with this wiring problem that is not covered in the wiki.

I have a double switch in the hall that should power the hall lights and an outside light. The outside light has never worked, but the hall lights have. The wiring at the switch has (on the working side), a live to L and a yellow wire with red sleeve to L1. The non working side (that is for the outside light) is wired the same. Neutrals are joined together with a terminal block.

There is no power at the L terminal on the non working side, and the wires are joined at the outside light as follows: Yellow with sleeve to black and red to red. The neutral is just into a terminal block and not joined to anything.

I have taken power from the live terminal at the switch to the non live terminal and this gets the power to the light but it is not working. What is wrong.

Thanks

 

[Spark123]

The outside light needs to be connected between switched L & N, at the moment it sounds like it is connected between permanent L and Switched L. I take it all the earths are connected? It sounds like the setup was originally for a PIR type light with an override switch as you will have permanent L, switch L , and N at the light.

 

[Paul6756]

Thanks,

So wiring at light should be Yellow and blue, the rest are OK?

 

[Spark123]

If it is wired as I am thinking then that should work, you'll need to terminate the spare wire into some sort of block inside the fitting.