Electrical

Changed light fixture, lights in other room don't work

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.58 PM

FIXED: Hi - I changed an old ceiling rose fixture for a new LED light fixture. It's a loop circuit, so there's three of every wire coming in. I wired everything up and the new lights worked perfectly, but later discovered that the lights in the other room didn't work. I realised this was because I had connected the three red wires to separate ports on a junction box, so I connected them using the old metal connector from the ceiling rose. All lights worked in both rooms. Reattached the light fixture to the ceiling after testing and now the lights in the other room don't work again. Stripped the wires back and reconnected, but still not working in the other room. Hope someone can point out where I'm being an idiot! Thanks Elec-Craft - the live wires were all fine, but hadn't even occured to me it could be the neutral. Only one was connected into the port and the twist together had come loose. After making sure the two neutrals were firmly connected, everything works!