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by andyborris
Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:09 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: LED fitted, now other lights misbehaving!
Replies: 9
Views: 1721

Re: LED fitted, now other lights misbehaving!

Got a electrician in, nice guy, turned out I'd wired the LED correctly and the other lights in the circuit were wired wrong. Presume a previous owner had done this and because the fluorescent didn't light, I wasn't aware there was a problem, the LED with it's much lower power consumption did light a...
by andyborris
Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:26 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: LED fitted, now other lights misbehaving!
Replies: 9
Views: 1721

Re: LED fitted, now other lights misbehaving!

What happens if you change the "double wago" to two other wagos? or similar. Something like Haven't tried, I do know that if I take one of the neutral wires out of the Wago, part of the circuit is dead, either the LED in the kitchen or the rest of the lights on the circuit, depending on w...
by andyborris
Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:58 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: LED fitted, now other lights misbehaving!
Replies: 9
Views: 1721

Re: LED fitted, now other lights misbehaving!

Wires unchanged from the fluorescent fitting, 3 red lives joined together, 1 black with red sleeve is live feed from light switch, 2 black negatives to and from the other lights. LED has a live and neutral and that's it. Pretty standard I think? 4 other lights on the circuit, which don't work if the...
by andyborris
Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:36 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: LED fitted, now other lights misbehaving!
Replies: 9
Views: 1721

LED fitted, now other lights misbehaving!

Fitted a LED batten, replaced a fluorescent in the kitchen. Now the other 3 lights in the circuit don't work if the LED is on, work fine if it's off. And if I switch the LED off while the other lights are switched on, (but not alight), the other lights come on and the LED has a weird faint glow alon...
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