2 garage strips not working
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stinker
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2 garage strips not working

Post by stinker » Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:23 pm

hello, i wonder if anyone can help with a very strange situation. I have 2 double strips not working. swopped one for a working one and it doesn't work.

The problem is there is no live into the strip but there are 2 spare wires together in a grey cable red and black that show 240V on the outside of the strip in a block connector.

there are 3 red wires and 3 black wires with an earth connected to the strips electrics.

has anyone got an idea. They were working last week????????
I took the strip down and wired it to the mains and it works????

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Post by sparx » Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:39 am

switch U/S?
fluorescents cause burning on contacts of standard switches over time, remove, fit connector block to prove it,

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Post by stinker » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:59 pm

found the problem the screws in block connector of light #2 weren't tight so power wasn't getting to light #3 or to#4. Tightening screws sent power along system.

Yahoo.

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