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    May 31, 2010, 11:24 AM
    My light will not switch off
    I have replaced my outside light, the switch is inside my house, I have connected the new light, but it will not switch off using the switch at the wall?
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    May 31, 2010, 11:27 AM
    The three cables coming from my house are Red, Blue and yellow, and I'm correct in thinking that the yellow is the earth, because that is how I have wired it up, I know that the red is the live and blue is netural
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    May 31, 2010, 06:26 PM

    You must be UK.
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