Hello there.

Just joined to ask for help with my newly purchased used ceiling light.

There are 5 bulbs on the ligh and 3 wires: one red, one blue, one black. 1 build lights up when I hook the red and the blue wires to the house circuit (old house, no ground). 2 bulbs light up when I hook the black wire to the same spot as the red one. The 3 other bulds light up when I hook the black wire to the same spot as the blue one (picture). How do I get all 5 bulbs to light up together?

Thanks for your insight!

  • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Definitely get lba connected to one wire, and lbu and lr to the other. Lba is the common wire, get that alone and all the bulbs will light up.

    Differences between the wires in the ceiling is that one is switched live and the other is neutral.

    It may be pedantic, but lba connects to the side of the sockets, which is more easy to touch. That’s why I would connect that to neutral. But if you can’t see the wires in the ceiling, then it doesn’t matter that much.