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why does only one light work and the switch does not work?

I have fitted the light and placed 3 red wires in live connector terminal block , but the switch does not work and the one light that works is permanently on

brendon leahy
January 2010
Your three Red wires all need to connect to one another and to nothing else - one is Live coming in - One is Live going out to the other lamps - One is live going off to the switch.

The lamp does not get connected to Permanent Live - Permanent Live goes to the switch and Switched Live comes back from the switch and connects to the lamp - so that you can turn the light on and off.

The Switched Live wire is often coloured Black and will have (should have) a marker or sleeve on it to indicate its function - i.e. Switched Live - Potentially Dangerous - Not a Neutral.

http://www.flameport.com/electric/lighting_circuits/lighting_ceiling_rose_other_colours.cs4

An electrician will soon sort it out for you.

Good luck... Take care...

Peccavi
January 2010

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