Kitchen light - no loop out?

[Bornloser]

Hi

My house was built in the sixties or seventies.

I have been installing seven 35watt downlighters in my kitchen ceiling.

The old light (three 60 watt spots on a track) ran off a junction box which had four cables into it. I assumed that these were: switch, lamp holder, supply in, supply out.

I have wired the new downlighters five in a daisy chain (with 5 amp junction boxes and a short connection cable on each one) and the other two on a separate daisy chain (with 5 amp junction boxes and a short connection cable on each one).

So I was all ready to connect the two daisy chain ends to the old 'lamp holder' terminals in the old junction box.

I have just now discovered that what I thought was the 'supply out' cable is in fact a cable to an old disused clock outlet. There is no 'supply out'.

I have disconnected the disused clock outlet and ripped out the wiring. The old light still works as normal.

I'm a bit thrown. Can I carry on with my original plan?

Cheers

 

[securespark]

If the old light still works as normal, you need to connect your feed(s) to the same terminals as the light, ie switched live, neutral & earth.