Pir Light

[mjtefc9]

Hi all..

Just replaced an old Pir Light with a new one. The old required 3c and earth, but the new one 2c and earth. Simple enough... but the spare wire which I should now disconnect from the switch isn't dead

I've disconnected the wires at the switch but nothing works it stays live.. everything works fine.. it's the brown wire spare at the light. Am I missing something obvious? It is the far right switch with the link in..

 

[terryplumb]

You could just leave the brown wire in a wago ,sat within the light fittings base.
If the brown wire at the switch position ( marked with the arrow ) is indeed the same wire ,then it will be live permanently as it is within the com terminal with permanent lives !!
The black and grey wires that are disconnected at the switch position ,where exactly where they connected before you disconnected them ?

 

[mjtefc9]

You could just leave the brown wire in a wago ,sat within the light fittings base.
If the brown wire at the switch position ( marked with the arrow ) is indeed the same wire ,then it will be live permanently as it is within the com terminal with permanent lives !!
The black and grey wires that are disconnected at the switch position ,where exactly where they connected before you disconnected them ?

Thanks Terry.. I've left it in the wago and taped it up marked up live.

The disconnected wires came out by themselves.. house builders ! They are for the 2 way light upstairs.

I was just baffled that I couldn't make the cable dead.. If it gets changed again I'll do a continuity test and find where it ends