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How do I install my new ceiling light fixture?

Home Improvement Asked by Will Murray on November 26, 2020

old light fixture

Hi I’d like to install a new light fixture. The fixture is made out of plastic and has a blue and a brown cable.

The image is of the old fixture that works.

In case the image isn’t clear enough – The wires coming out of the ceiling consist of two black wires on the left hand side, then two red wires which are held together and two copper wires on the right hand side which are also held together

How would I install the new fixture?

One Answer

Left to right is: neutral, switched live, looped live, earth.

New fitting should connect as the old one, blue to neutral, brown to switched live. The bare copper earths should have been sleeved green/yellow since 1977.

This looks like UK wiring, before any USA visitors get confused.

Answered by Owain on November 26, 2020

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