Submitted by scarecrow1985 t3_yfvm80 in DIY
Hey folks,advice needed! I made a balls of this. I have two pendant lights in our hall, and they're controlled by any of 4 different switches. When I went to replace the first one, it had 4 live, 3 neutral, and 3 earths running into it. Stupidly, I thought that I could just group all the lives together to the live of the light, all the neutrals to the neutral, and the earth's to the earth. When I turned on the light, it wouldn't turn off anymore!
I've an electrician calling in a week, but is there any advice on fixing it?
Using a voltage meter, I was able to figure out which of the lives is the 'hot' line. Currently, all the wires are hanging loose with electrical tape over each one.
GoArray t1_iu5frpm wrote
Just wait for the electrician.
Single switch, sure. 3 way, eh.. maybe. 4 way not knowing what wires comes from where? Forgetaboutit. 5 way? Uhh..