rewired light - permanently on

[lloydjames]

I need to get a camera first...thank you

 

[Steve]

I THINK:

The wire from the switch to the light is switched live, live and neutral (its a 3+E).

The other cable in the back of the switch (2+E) is the live feed from the mains up to the circuit in the loft, but loops via this switch to provide an SL to the first light.

Therefore the browns are both permenant live. The neutrals are joined in the back of the switch box (it sounds like). Therefore the neutrals at the light are GREY (from 3+E) and BLUE (from 2+E to rest of circuit).

If the two plain browns are connected together in the switch terminal (logical), then:
The switched live at the light is BLACK with BROWN COLLAR.

This leaves two plain browns at the switch, which are permenant lives and should not be connectd to anything else, only each other.

So following this logical plan, in summary your switched live is Black with brown sleeve (only) and your neutral is Grey with blue sleeve, and plain blue.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

If only people made sure they had the right tools (in this case a multimeter), and disabused themselves of the notion that it'll be OK to fiddle with things without making any effort to find out how they work, they wouldn't get into these messes...

 

[IJWS15]

sorry I was only joking didn't mean to be rude...

There are two cables coming out of the ceiling.

1st cable has four conductors -

earth
grey wire with a blue sleeve
black wire with a brown sleeve
brown wire

2nd cable has three conductors

brown wire
blue wire
earth wire

Now give us the same information for the switch.

 

[ban-all-sheds]