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I know this post is a little old now, but just wondering if there was a link for that B&Q sponsored video olive? Just about to start some carcass action...Btw, how did you get on? All done and dusted?

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Hi Sparx, Thanks for the guidance. You truly are an electric God! I was hoping you would reply before attemping the wiring. I tried the configuration you suggested and the light works fine but unfortunately I had no joy with the fan. Except a low humming (it's a new fitting so there shouldn't be any...

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Ok. This is what I plan to do. Connect the black sw wire (which is really a red live) to the red 'light' wire of my new fitting. Connect the permanent live black wire to the brown live wire of the fitting. Connect the third black wire to the blue neutral wire of the fitting. I'll leave all of the re...

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Thanks for your advice Sparks. I hadn't actually taken the old fitting down but assummed the wiring from the ceiling would be the same as an adjacent bedroom. When I took the old fitting down I found 3 reds, 3 blacks and 3 greens :) The 3 reds had been bound together separately, two blacks went into...

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Hi all, The bedroom light fitting that I have has the following wires; brown (live), blue (neutral), yellow & green (earth) and red (? - it is marked LIGHT, so I guess it's a live wire for the light). The fitting that I currently have in place has two black wires from the ceiling connecting to t...

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