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Wiring Chandeliers
Jan 15
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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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Jan 16
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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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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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Post a pic of lamp and ceiling, I will merge them
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That's the chandelier's wiring the ceiling has brown (live) blue (neutral) and earth so three cables
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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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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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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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Thanks. Didn't know that.
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