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15/05/2008, 19:26 martin-pecheur Joined on 15/05/2008 Posts 11 Electrical question!! I have just bought a 500w spotlight to replace my existing outside light. I fitted it but it doesnt work! The old light still works but when I connect the new one - nothing. I've checked the fitting is ok by putting a plug on the flex and plugging it into a socket and its fine. But it just refuses to light up on the existing lighting cable. Any ideas?      Report

15/05/2008, 19:40 woolybanana'sbrother Joined on 18/01/2008 Posts 992 Re: Electrical question!! Bulb or bulb connectors faulty? If you can, pull the spotlight apart and check the connections right through.      Report

15/05/2008, 19:46 martin-pecheur Joined on 15/05/2008 Posts 11 Re: Electrical question!! But when I plug it into a socket it works.    Report

15/05/2008, 19:56 greyman Joined on 06/01/2008 Perigord Blanc 24 Posts 58 Re: Electrical question!! Maybe that lighting circuit has 'tripped' - fuse or rcd. It is what it is....    Report

15/05/2008, 19:58 woolybanana'sbrother Joined on 18/01/2008 Posts 992 Re: Electrical question!! yes greyman, 500watts is a lot these days.      Report

15/05/2008, 20:06 martin-pecheur Joined on 15/05/2008 Posts 11 Re: Electrical question!! Nope. Nothings tripped.    Report

15/05/2008, 20:11 martin-pecheur Joined on 15/05/2008 Posts 11 Re: Electrical question!! Another thing - there's no earth on the lighting circuit but I cant see how that would affect anything.    Report

15/05/2008, 20:18 greyman Joined on 06/01/2008 Perigord Blanc 24 Posts 58 Re: Electrical question!! Presumably the cable you have fitted the plug to has come out of a junction box ? Could the feed into this have come loose or disconnected  ? I can only imagine there is a break in supply at some point along the lighting circuit if it works with a plug on and the rcd hasn't tripped. It is what it is....    Report

15/05/2008, 20:31 martin-pecheur Joined on 15/05/2008 Posts 11 Re: Electrical question!! No the supply is there. Very strange isnt it? Glad it's not just me then!    Report

15/05/2008, 20:48 Albert the InfoGipsy Joined on 01/07/2006 SDF, somewhere in 56 Posts 508 Re: Electrical question!! Does it have a built-in sensor to switch it off during daylight? Is the socket you used for testing indoors? Try installing it and testing after dark. Also, if it's got a PIR sensor it may need adjusting. Albert the InfoGipsy "So welcome to the Citadel where the question is 'Am I?'"    Report

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