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Wiring Chandeliers
Jan 15th, 2015, 8:57pm
 
Hi guys,
I'm new on here and this is my first post so be gentle with me.
I have a question. I'm a fairly capable DIY enthusiast, but something has me beat.
Recently my daughter bought a second hand chandelier from Next from a private seller on eBay.
The chandeliers have three clear cables with silver wires, a green earth wire and an integral earth attached inside.
At the ceiling rose I am fortunate that I only have three wires, brown (live) blue (neutral) and green/yellow (Earth) but to which do I attach the three clear cables on the chandelier?
Thanks.
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Re: Wiring Chandeliers
Reply #1 - Jan 16th, 2015, 1:17pm
 
Each of the silver wires will be a live and neutral inside each clear cable.  There is likely as many clear cables as there are lamp holders?  One per lamp holder.
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Reply #2 - Jan 16th, 2015, 10:24pm
 
Thanks, no the odd thing is there are six lamp holders I think but three clear cables with silver wires and one earth...I can post a pic maybe?
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Reply #3 - Jan 17th, 2015, 9:36am
 
Post a pic of lamp and ceiling, I will merge them  Wink
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Reply #4 - Jan 19th, 2015, 9:12pm
 
Chandelier
That's the chandelier's wiring the ceiling has brown (live) blue (neutral) and earth so three cables Undecided
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Reply #5 - Jan 21st, 2015, 6:41am
 
One of the cores will be earth, live, neutral.  Is there no ident on them? No thin coloured line or letters?

You will need to beep this out with a multimeter if no ident.

Don't guess, you could end up making the whole thing live.
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Reply #6 - Jan 23rd, 2015, 5:54pm
 
The Next brand started in 1982ish. I can't imagine that wiring was legal in 1982 so perhaps it was rewired by the original owner? I would be very careful.
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Reply #7 - Jan 23rd, 2015, 8:25pm
 
Many modern light fittings use this flex, but it's terminated into a labelled terminal block, and the inner cores are usually marked with a coloured line or dashes.
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Reply #8 - Jan 24th, 2015, 12:58pm
 
Thanks. Didn't know that.
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