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Just moved into a new (old) house, with 3 light points on the conservatory walls (3 solid walls and a glass wall + glass roof). Decided to go for Ikea LED lights and have fitted all the wall brackets etc and wired them up. Bit of a faff with the one where the supply comes from the light switch (in the kitchen, through the old external wall) as there are 3 cables (one from the switch, one to each of the other two fittings) plus the cable going to the 1st fitting (so 4 cables total in a junction box).
My issue is this, its all wired up, and the cables at all the lights are live (according to my B&Q tester pen thing) but only 2 work. So I've swapped over the LED panels, and the wiring behind and its the same wall that doesn't work, so it isn't the Ikea kit. Am I missing something really obvious that will stop an LED panel working even though the cabling going to it is live?? Or shall I take out more mortgage now and pay an electrician to show me I've done something daft.
Thanks in advance!
Check phase and neutral have not been swamped. The led driver may be using some earth as a ground reference.
Do this by measuring resistance between earth and what you think is neautral. It should be low.< 5 ohms
Check phase and neutral have not been swamped. The led driver may be using some earth as a ground reference.
Do this by measuring resistance between earth and what you think is neautral. It should be low.< 5 ohms
Yep sounds like a neutral fault.
If the line conductor is already tested as live, then check the neutral is connected all the way through.
Thanks guys, will go back and check later. I thought it might be something simple!