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    No black wire in ceiling box?

    I took down my foyer ceiling fixture to clean and paint it. It has two gold wires and a ground wire. When I pulled it down, one of the gold wires must have come loose. The ground wire was attached to the ground wire in the box, one gold wire was attached to the red wire in the box and the 2nd...
  2. H

    Replacing Ceiling Light

    I am replacing a ceiling light, but never took a picture of the wiring before the original was taken down. They are the old colour scheme. I have two red wires (live), one yellow/green (ground) and two black (neutral) coming from the 'main' circuit', and two red wires, one yellow/green, one...
  3. P

    halogen bulbs in kitchen ceiling keep going of then on again a while later

    I have 9 x halogen lights in kitchen ceiling 3 in each transformer wired into the main ring. the centre set come on then go off, then come back on again a while later, repeating this process. is it the bulbs or is the transformer on its way out ?
    • PaulRea
    • Thread
    • again bulbs ceiling going halogen kitchen later while
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  4. S

    Installing ceiling lights but there is no earth

    I’m trying to fit a new ceiling light pendant. the pendant has a small connector with blue,brown and green/yellow wires. however on the ceiling , there is just one basic pendant with 2 cords attached (blue and brown) so there’s no earth. There is no ceiling rose l,think when they installed...
    • sam4466
    • Thread
    • ceiling ceiling light ceiling lights earth installing lights no ceiling rose no earth spotlight
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  5. B

    Ceiling light troubleshoot

    Hi all. Any help/advice regarding my rewiring would be appreciated. I'm very likely calling in an electrician once we're allowed to, to sort out my mess. I wanted to replace pendant lights in my Kitchen. There are two lights connected to the same switch. The original wiring was like so: And...
  6. M

    14 from a ceiling fan to 12 on a 20 amp circuit

    I know that 14 shouldn't be used on a 20 amp circuit. But it's only from a ceiling fan to a switch. I'm not even totally sure which breaker the power is from. I think it may be a 20 amp though. Is this ok being a ceiling fan doesn't use a lot of draw?
  7. HappyHippyDad

    Neighbours supply cables running through the ceiling void.

    I have been to look at a rewire. The builders have pretty much taken the house apart and I have found the neighbours supply cables hanging above my customers ceiling. The customers line supply cable comes into the top of the cutout and then another line supply comes out of the top and off to...
  8. B

    Installing ceiling light in old wiring

    I was attempting to install a ceiling light in my living room. The house has old cloth wiring. The box I was hoping to tie it into has two switches: One was for my porch light, and the other was for the outlets in the room (not "switched" outlets, mind you- the switch turns all of them on or...
  9. G

    If one plasters over electric radiant ceiling, will the system still work?

    If one plasters over a radiant ceiling heat system, will the system still work?
  10. S

    Flickering Ceiling Fixture

    I'm a single woman. ;-) I live in an apartment. A few weeks ago the kitchen ceiling light fixture started flickering. I found out by accident that if I turned on the switch next to the kitchen switch (breakfast room) that the flickering stopped. The maintenance guy came out & spent a long time...
  11. L

    Ceiling heating

    Hi all my ceiling heating stopped working recently and I want it back on for the winter. I have checked the feed to the contactor which was live but was the voltage was not going through the contactor. I replaced the contactor with a similar 4 pole model but have the same issue. I have wired it...
  12. N

    UK Ceiling light back to rose pendant

    Good Afternoon I am moving home in the near future and want to take some of the ceiling lights we had fitted. I am looking to cut the cost of having to pay to have them taken down so I plan to take them down and replace them with a rose pendant fitting (which it was before) I have watched a...
  13. C

    mystery wiring in ceiling rose

    i am replacing an old light fitting with 4 downlights so i bought a quickwire switch and load fitting to accept the loop in and loop out and switch cables and then daisy chain the 4 lights out from the remaining load terminal in the qw. easy job im thinking but on taking the old light off to...
  14. J

    replace ceiling rose wiring help

    Hello all, I am in middle of refurbishing a bathroom, new flooring and wall and ceiling panels. Im not a builder, part time DIY and enthusiast and use YouTube as a learning resource I'm also looking to replace an old ceiling light and attach a none-timer fan directly the light, so that when...
    • Jafsit
    • Thread
    • ceiling ceiling rose fan ceiling rose wiring replace rose wiring wiring help
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  15. J

    A15 vs. A19 bulbs in ceiling fan

    I've always had A15 60w incandescent bulbs in my ceiling fan light, which looks a lot like this except not LED (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Elite-3-Light-White-Ceiling-Fan-Shades-LED-Light-Kit-LK1906/311928467). The sockets take a medium E26 base. I'm having trouble finding these bulbs locally...
  16. B

    AC90 running on garage (aluminum) ceiling

    I know - needs some explaining: I am improving my old house's garage wiring and need to run on the aluminum ceiling. The ceiling is aluminum as the garage is actually a covered-in carport. Anyway, I am assuming that AC90 armoured cable can be secured to the aluminum ceiling without affecting the...
  17. Dartlec

    Looking for suitable replacement for Vortice Ariett T centrifugal ceiling fan

    Latest fun on the job from hell. I need to replace 2 x Vortice Ariett T ceiling mounted centrifugal fans, but struggling. I could buy replacements, but only place I can find them that might get them by early next week is Amazon, and a bit steep at £80 per fan for my budget. It's in a Barrat...
  18. M

    Ceiling fan turns in with recessed lights switch

    I've installed some recessed lights in my den, where previously there was just a fan with a light fixture running off a single switch. Now there are 4 switches; 2 for the recessed lights and 2 for the fan, at different entrances to the room. But I can't seem to get them running independently...
  19. E

    Meter tails in ceiling ?

    Hi all, I am moving a CU from next to the meter to about 1.5 meters away on an adjacent wall. Am I OK to run the meter tails through the ceiling void between the joists (plasterboard ceiling) to the new CU position or is a case of installing an isolator and 25mm swa? Many thanks
  20. E

    What is the correct way to spur off a ceiling rose on a normal ring circuit?

    Hi, I have a standard single ceiling light that I wish to convert to a set of three light fittings, physically right next to each other and controlled by the same switch. What is the correct (and preferably easiest) way to connect this up? Kind wishes - Patrick
    • EasyGoingPat
    • Thread
    • ceiling circuit correct lighting normal ring ring circuit rose spur
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Lighting Forum

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