How do I put these bathroom lights back?

[Brian0782]

So we had our bathroom painted and the lights were taken off the wall. I now need to put them back.

 

Each light has two live (not shown in the first picture) and one neutral. I think one of the live wires is the earth but has the wrong sleeving.

 

The light switch is also connected to an extractor fan.

 

Any idea how I can put these lights back? Thanks

[ProDave]

Do the lights have switches?  Can we see a picture of the inside of the light fittings.

 

The second picture, can you clean off the dust / paint obscuring the cable core colours and take another picture.

 

I have said MANY times on another forum and repeated here mainly for the benefit of others to prevent this situation.  TAKE NOTES AND PICTURES BEFORE YOU DISCONNECT THE WIRING, THEN YOU WILL KNOW HOW IT GOES BACK.

[Temp]

It would help if you cleaned some of the paint and dust off the wires but dont disconnect any wires from terminal blocks or it will be near impossible to sort out whats going on. Just turn the power off !

 

Is there a third light you didnt remove? 

 

This is what I would try but perhaps see if others agree first...

 

On the lower photo...

 

1) One of the terminal blocks has a mix of Brown and one Blue wire. It's likely that that terminal block is the switched live and the Blue should really have a red or brown sleeve on it. So the Brown wire from the light fitting goes in that one. 

 

2) The Blue from the light goes into the terminal block with all the other Blue wires (only Blue wires).

 

3) If there is an Earth wire on the light it goes in the connector which has bare copper wires sleeved with yellow and green. (Ignore the yellow and green tape on the connectors)

 

On the upper photo...

 

This appears to only have three groups of wires coming out of the ceiling so...

 

1) The Brown wire from the light goes in the connector which has Brown wires coming out of the ceiling.

 

2) The Blue wire from the light goes in the connector which has Blue wires coming out of the ceiling.

 

3) If there is an Earth wire on the light it goes in the connector which has bare copper wires sleeved with yellow and green. (Ignore the yellow and green tape on the connectors)

Edited 10 hours ago by Temp