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- The reds all grouped together are the loop lives
- The greens are the earths
- The blacks together are neutrals
- The black on its own is the 'switch live' from your light switch.
edit: incidentally, if your earth sleeving is plain green then your house wiring predates 1977.
to feed your new light you need:
- switched live
- neutral
- earth
So your plan seems to make sense.
Remember to use earth sleeving on any bare earth wires. Make sure you give each newly connected terminal a proper tug to ensure all the wires are in snugly.
Bear in mind that the lives in the ceiling will be 'hot' even with the switch off, so make sure you turn off the lighting circuit first, if not already done so. - The reds all grouped together are the loop lives
BobbyBriggs
@owl
Hi - I think this may have been directed at me (the clueless questioner) rather than @Greenbank who helpfully shared that diagram. I'm based in SE23.
So, the three reds are currently grouped together into a connector block. And all the greens. And two blacks. And the lonely one. Looking at the diagram, is there any reason I can't just run a wire from the red connector block into the live/loop middle terminal on the fitting, a wire from the green connector block to the earth point, one from the two blacks to the neutral terminal and the lonely black to the live terminal? Is this going to kill me?
Cheers
Oh, useless pic, in case that helps at all:
