Lights Dont Work :(

[shaunm]

hi, well today i took of an old light in the kitchen which was going to be replaced and after about 2 hours i turned back the power but none of the lights work now i havn't connected that light back but the wires are covered in electrical tape and i have no lights working but there is power going to the wires and the powerpoints work. What could i have done ( I think i might have connected one of the actives and netural wires together with tape earlier)

p.s. I've checked the fuse box but no problems all is turned off.

[ozwinner]

Blown a globe?
Always look at the obvious first.

Al

[shaunm]

Blown a globe?
Always look at the obvious first.

Al

none of my lights work. :eek: in the whole house.
!!

[Barry_White]

My first advise is go to bed for the night and second advise is in the morning ring an electrician because you obviously don't know what you are doing and if you had connected an active to a nuetral there would have been a big bang and remember ONE FLASH and you are ASH.

[journeyman Mick]

Shaun,
You have most probably disconnected the main feed when you removed the light fitting. By the sounds of it you don't really know what you are doing. Please do not play with it any more! You may fry yourself or start a fire and at very least, you will mix up the order of the connections if you start trying to put it back together, which will make it harder (=more expensive) for an electrician to work it out for you. Some things are worth tackling yourself with a few tools, a bit of knowledge, some advice and a desire to learn. Electricity is not one of them.

Mick

[HJ0]

Few years back i had some electrical work done, now my flood lights(with sensor) out the front don't work at all.

Have only checked one bulb so far, which worked fine in another light fitting. The other bulb is higher than my longest ladder, so has not been checked yet.

Would one blown bulb, stop the whole setup working.:eek: They are both wired into the same switch.

How long is electricians work covered against possible faults.... Not saying they are at fault.


HJ0 Cheers ...Please tell me i don't have to get up on my roof to check the bulb.:eek:

[Ashore]

Would one blown bulb, stop the whole setup working.:eek: They are both wired into the same switch.

Unlikely But Could this happen " YES depending on how the fitting is wired

Rgds

[Metal Head]

Hi Shaunm,

Well had the fuse blown or the circuit breaker flicked out?. Or better still did you take the other members advice and get in a "qualified electrician"?

MH

[Redgy]

( I think i might have connected one of the actives and netural wires together with tape earlier)

If you think you might have done that then why didin't you check it ?

Get a sparky or you're gonna fry or burn your house down.

[shaunm]

If you think you might have done that then why didin't you check it ?

Get a sparky or you're gonna fry or burn your house down.

when i tested the wires it went like this
yellow= active
black = active
black =netural
green = earth

and then whent to switch of the power and the wires moved so i taped up the netural and active together

Hi Shaunm,

Well had the fuse blown or the circuit breaker flicked out?. Or better still did you take the other members advice and get in a "qualified electrician"?

MH

Yeh the circuit breaker flicked out its a new one (Hager) and i just switched it back on but the lights dont work

getting a sparky around today

[Markw]

If what shaunm has said is accurate, I would love to be a"fly on the wall" when the sparky calls for this one.

You can't use yellow for anything other than an earth and that's not really legal anyway. (AS3000 3.8.2 conductor colours) So where did the yellow come from?

Hmmmmm me suspects some home wiring maybe the previous owner - not good.

At least shaunm finally accepted the advice to get a sparky Better poor than dead

[Bluegum]

Have to agree with mark on this one. Sparkies have the know how with all this sort of thing. Besides that it wouldn't be real flash if one of our members was turned to ash.

[shaunm]

If what shaunm has said is accurate, I would love to be a"fly on the wall" when the sparky calls for this one.

You can't use yellow for anything other than an earth and that's not really legal anyway. (AS3000 3.8.2 conductor colours) So where did the yellow come from?

Hmmmmm me suspects some home wiring maybe the previous owner - not good.

At least shaunm finally accepted the advice to get a sparky Better poor than dead

active was definitely yellow i was also suprised about the colour and sparky came today installed the new light and the reason the other lights wont working was bcse i disconnected the main feed :eek:

[null & void]

You can't use yellow for anything other than an earth

Yellow used to be used instead of white on three phase boards years ago, so was possibly allowed at the time when the house was wired.

[Markw]

Shaunm
How many wires have you got coming into your house from the power pole outside?? or how many meters are in your fuse box ??

As said, if it was a 3 phase installation there would have been yellow wire (very old install) but his should have stopped at the circuit fuse with red & black used from the fuse to the lighting system or GPOs