Kitchen & Bathroom light

[sabazios6]

Hi i moved into a new property and change the light in the kitchen and now everytime you turn the kitchen light on you cant put the bathroom light on at the same time.
You can only have one or the other on.

The bathroom is on the same level as the kitchen.

 

[ColJack]

you've managed to wire them wrong somehow..

post photo of the wiring in the light you changed and we'll advise further..

 

[sabazios6]

As you can see on the 2rd photo there are two black wires in the left green/yellow in the middle and a single black wire in the right there is a red wire which has some sort of dead end on it.

I took one light down and put this up in the same order as the first....

 

[ColJack]

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• sabazios6
• 20 Apr 2009
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• sabazios6
• 20 Apr 2009
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( click the "show my images" button below the reply window and then click on the photo to insert it into the message..)

anyhoo..

you've mixed your blacks up somewhere..

one of the blacks in the left is the switch wire, the black in the right is the neutral, and the other black in the left is the neutral to the bathroom light..

you need to find which is which..
if you don't own one, a multimeter is available from most B&Q stores and other DIY sheds for around a tenner..

you can do the trial and error method if you don't own one..

swap the black on the right for one of the ones on the left.. if you picked the wrong one the fuse / breaker will blow.. so then swap the wrong one for the other one and you should be golden...

 

[sabazios6]

Great big THANK YOU worked first time.