[david_71]

Hi

Here's my issue. Given that I'm a complete putz when it comes to anything diy, I'm finding this electrical problem mind blowing.

2 ceiling lights in one sittng room (that USED to be 2 rooms, dinning room and lounge but now knocked through)

#1 light fitted, NO problem. In the rose were 1 red / 1 black in a terminal to which I attached my lamp using 1 blue / 1 brown. Fine.

#2 light fitting hasn't been so easy! ;
In the ceiling there's 3 red bunched into 1 terminal / 3 black bunched into terminal next to red, (and what appears to be 1 red / 1 black in a dead end terminal going to nothing).
So I attached my 1 blue / 1 brown to the terminal with the reds and blacks and when I put the fuse back in, the light itself appaears to be perminantly live, not reacting to either of light switches at either end of the room. The #1 light however reacts to both light switches!!

My house is old (1893) and my Dad says everything he has uncovered so far has been bodged!!

HELP!!

David.

[stanfortyman]

From the blue/brown wires, can we assume you are not in the US??

[david_71]

Aaah yeah, y'know I wondered if I may have been intruding on foreign turf!

Does this make matters somewhat more complicated?

This site seemed much better than the other Google options!

Dave.

[stanfortyman]

There are a few UK/EU folks around here. I'm sure they'll be by shortly.