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5 wires, one lamp

18 years ago

Hi everyone!

I've been struggling with tying in new wiring at a ceiling light.

I see 5 (old) electrical wires coming out of the ceiling.

3 black ones and 2 brown ones.

I can connect the lamp to one black and one brown wire, and the lamp works.

However, the wall outlets in the room go dead when I do that.

If I connnect the lamp to two brown wires and one black wire, the light swtich doesn't work anymore, but the standing lamp in the corner of the room seems to turn on both the ceiling lamp and the outlets.

Is there a way to get the ceiling light and the outlets in the wall working independently?

I really seem to have gotten my wires crossed on this occasion, LOL!

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