Thursday, 19 February 2015

How to wire a light fitting with 3 cables

I want to put up a new light fitting and when I took the old one down I'm faced with cables consisting of re black and earth coming from . Then again I've seen green used as a switch where a core. My new light fitting has x Live terminal, x Neutral terminal and x earth. My question is, is it ok to have of the same wire going into one. I took down the original light only to find there are THREE seperate cables all . Help with connecting double insulated light fittingposts light fittingpostsSep 2012Fitting light instead of ceiling rose - Advice please.


Looped-in lighting wiring - the ceiling rose - Practical DIYwww. SimilarThe wiring at the ceiling rose of a looped-in lighting wiring installation. It shows three cables; one cable (L+N+E) either from the mains board or the last ceiling. If the fitting has an earth core, it must be sleeved with a yellow and green coat . Three black going into one side of fitting, one black and one red.


Your four cables are as follows, - Loop in, - Loop out, - Switch wire, . At a guess i would say the single black cable is your live wire. The reds will be your live loop and the black wires will be your neutral conductors. How to fit ceiling lights - BQ for all your home and garden supplies and. A standard single pendant light fitting near the centre of the ceiling can.


Fittings with metal parts must be earthed via three core flex unless labelled.

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