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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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 Home wiring help
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Wed, 13 August 2003 06:55
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Bought a new light for the bathroom so I proceeded to swap the old one out and new one in.
Here's the scenario:
Out of the hole in the wall, there are three sets of wires.
Two have three wires (red, black, and green-yellow). The green-yellow goes out of one and in the other without any sign of breakage.
The last set has only two wires. Red and white.
Now, the socket that I pulled out had 4 sockets and had the two black wires twisted together and placed into one connector.
The reds were all twisted together and placed into another connector.
The white was in a socket of its own.
I memorised which sockets they went into, but then proceeded to forget during my cussing when I was trying to put the wires into the new light....
The new light has three sockets labeled, L, ground, and N.
Anyway, I didn't study the wires too carefully and automatically assumed that the white was the ground (green-yellow).
I put the red wires into L and the black wires into N.
Switched the mains back on and the lights were on, and stayed on, no matter what I did to the light switch.
Also, it seems like the exhaust fans in the two bathrooms are linked so that if one switch was on, BOTH exhaust fans would go on....
Very weird.
I tried swapping red and black around and got the same problems.
Now that I've studied the wires again, and noticed that one of the bundles out of the wall only has TWO wires, I'm thinking that the white line is the actual light.
So, should I connect it up with the black wires?!?
It's kinda hard doing all of this without a multimeter. 
I hope all of this made sense!
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Nark | Wed, 13 August 2003 06:55 |
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THE WITZL | Wed, 13 August 2003 07:34 |
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BlackSupra | Wed, 13 August 2003 08:04 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 08:17 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 08:50 |
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draven | Wed, 13 August 2003 09:03 |
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BlackSupra | Wed, 13 August 2003 10:31 |
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draven | Wed, 13 August 2003 10:32 |
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clubagreenie | Wed, 13 August 2003 12:06 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 12:13 |
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need_boost | Wed, 13 August 2003 12:26 |
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sleeka73 | Wed, 13 August 2003 12:33 |
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draven | Wed, 13 August 2003 12:38 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 12:30 |
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need_boost | Wed, 13 August 2003 12:36 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 12:38 |
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need_boost | Wed, 13 August 2003 12:40 |
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draven | Wed, 13 August 2003 12:50 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 12:52 |
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draven | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:05 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:08 |
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justcallmefrank | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:03 |
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justcallmefrank | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:07 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:12 |
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justcallmefrank | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:14 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:15 |
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justcallmefrank | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:17 |
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draven | Wed, 13 August 2003 20:05 |
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Nark | Wed, 13 August 2003 23:20 |
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draven | Thu, 14 August 2003 07:08 |
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need_boost | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:14 |
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justcallmefrank | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:16 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:19 |
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justcallmefrank | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:20 |
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need_boost | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:21 |
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justcallmefrank | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:22 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:24 |
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justcallmefrank | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:28 |
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whiteGZE | Thu, 14 August 2003 08:16 |
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draven | Thu, 14 August 2003 09:51 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:26 |
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need_boost | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:27 |
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lang | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:32 |
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Cool1 | Wed, 13 August 2003 13:35 |
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THE WITZL | Thu, 14 August 2003 02:14 |
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Nark | Thu, 14 August 2003 02:22 |
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Nark | Thu, 14 August 2003 05:36 |
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Cool1 | Thu, 14 August 2003 02:34 |
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THE WITZL | Thu, 14 August 2003 11:43 |
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draven | Thu, 14 August 2003 11:47 |
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Cool1 | Thu, 14 August 2003 12:02 |
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need_boost | Thu, 14 August 2003 12:37 |
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THE WITZL | Thu, 14 August 2003 12:39 |
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Cool1 | Thu, 14 August 2003 13:12 |
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lang | Thu, 14 August 2003 13:53 |
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Nark | Thu, 14 August 2003 23:43 |
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THE WITZL | Fri, 15 August 2003 01:00 |
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Nark | Fri, 15 August 2003 01:08 |
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oldcorollas | Tue, 26 August 2003 15:08 |
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Nark | Tue, 26 August 2003 23:57 |
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oldcorollas | Wed, 27 August 2003 01:38 |
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draven | Wed, 27 August 2003 01:53 |
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THE WITZL | Fri, 15 August 2003 01:11 |
