I am familiar with how a ceiling rose is connected and it looks simple enough for a simple situation as below as it is a single kitchen light.
I haven't taken the light down yet so my question is, how do I identify the switch cable if it hasn't got that small brown or similar identifier?
","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52594976","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"melted"},"datePublished":"2024-04-17T13:59:18.000Z","text":"The one in my kitchen only has a single cable going to it because it was originally converted from a ceiling rose and is wired from a junction box above the light because the original wiring wouldn't have been long enough to reach the connector terminal block in the fitting, which doesn't have a loop connection provided anyway.
A switch wire is usually wired to the live terminal, you can test for continuity using a multimeter with the power off and the light switch on then off, since the switch will short the permanent live and switched live together, alternatively you could use a neon screwdriver.
if there's a cable looped to the next light, the in and out will be wired matched colours together L-L-Lswitch, N-N,E-E, and the permanent live from the switch cable will be connected to the other two lives, and the switched live wire will connect to the live terminal of the fitting."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52595275","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Willy_Wonka"},"datePublished":"2024-04-17T14:59:22.000Z","text":"Is this for one of your rental properties?"}],"commentCount":5,"interactionStatistic":1,"articleSection":"Ask"}