1960s v shaped light fittings

[telectrix]

I'd just get an electrician to fit you a double LED strip light. minimal damage to ceiling, reasonavle cost.

 

[Alitallis123456]

Be interesting to see behind the switch.

 

[westward10]

It does look like a jack plug socket connected to a live wire, that is dangerous. Isolate the power and disconnect that brown wire then cut them both off, that switch should be replaced.

 

[ipf]

That could be nasty. Disconnect that brown and chop it.... and the black.
Mains voltage at that jack point, when light on.
Is the switch in a different room to the light?
Some sort of indicator in series with the fitting, eh?

 

[Alitallis123456]

It does look like a jack plug socket connected to a live wire, that is dangerous. Isolate the power and disconnect that brown wire then cut them both off, that switch should be replaced.

Yea i got an electric shock from it this morning trying to take the picture. Is this something I can do (remove the brown and black with the power off) or better for an electrician? Feel slightly out of my depth now so going to contact a sparky today ?

 

[Alitallis123456]

That could be nasty. Disconnect that brown and chop it.... and the black.
Mains voltage at that jack point, when light on.
Is the switch in a different room to the light?
Some sort of indicator in series with the fitting, eh?

The switch is in the same room as the light, i think he may have used the jack point to connect an old radio as i found an old radio with a jack point in the loft

 

[westward10]

Good idea ten minute job to replace.

 

[DPG]

240VAC to a 3.5mm audio jack. What could give wrong eh?

Seriously though, that is scary.

 

[westward10]

It's a bizarre thing to do its like they fitted it then realised there was no neutral so just taped the other wire to the front plate.

 

[littlespark]

WTAF?

The jack is on the switched side, so would be off if the switch was off... and i can only assume the black was connected to earth to get a neutral.

 

[mattg4321]

I found similar at a place I re wired a few years back. Jack on the switch that is

 

[DPG]

I found similar at a place I re wired a few years back. Jack on the switch that is

Really? Wonder if some electronics hobbyist magazine from the 1960s had some sort of feature in one of their issues???