Hello everyone
Recently, I installed a bathroom mirror with additional lighting. I also replaced the existing fixture with a new one.
The old fixture used traditional incandescent bulbs, while the new one is LED: Yafido LED 12W bathroom light, 1000 lumens, 50cm (20 inches), 230V, 3000K.
Attached is the wiring diagram (left is before, right is after).
Now, after about a week, the new light has broken, and the circuit breaker tripped.
Did I wire something incorrectly?
Regards
Chris
Recently, I installed a bathroom mirror with additional lighting. I also replaced the existing fixture with a new one.
The old fixture used traditional incandescent bulbs, while the new one is LED: Yafido LED 12W bathroom light, 1000 lumens, 50cm (20 inches), 230V, 3000K.
Attached is the wiring diagram (left is before, right is after).
Now, after about a week, the new light has broken, and the circuit breaker tripped.
Did I wire something incorrectly?
Regards
Chris
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chgerber768 Mar 2022 07:49HausiKlausi schrieb:
And does the red wire really come from the distribution box? Maybe try connecting everything to brown. Basically, not much can be wired wrong if the earth, neutral, and phase of both lamps are connected together. I can’t help further with this. Did the circuit breaker or the RCD trip? The latter usually indicates moisture. But always remember: electricity makes you small, black, and ugly. Yes, the red one was already there and comes out of the wall alongside the others. I’ve already connected it to brown, then both lamps stayed on permanently (until the second one broke...). So the red wire is switched via the light switch.
It was the circuit breaker that tripped, not the RCD.
small, black, and ugly... 😀
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chgerber768 Mar 2022 07:50guckuck2 schrieb:
Red can be either ground or live. The wiring is probably 50-60 years old.
The simplest explanation is that the lamp is faulty and caused the fuse to blow when it failed.I tend to agree now. So, ordering a new lamp.
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chgerber768 Mar 2022 07:51Thanks to everyone for your input and support.