Convert LED ceiling light to plug in

Julesy · Nov 17, 2019

Hi. I’m looking to convert an LED ceiling light to a mains plug in. Done this a few times with regular bulb holders, but not sure how to wire the three identical cables coming off the five bulb holders. Any ideas? Thanks

westward10 · Nov 17, 2019

Do any of the wires look any different to the others, like a colour trace. Is it a new fitting.

SJD · Nov 17, 2019

I would expect one of these wires to be earth, connected to the metal frame - you need to positively identify which one this is, otherwise powering up the light could be dangerous.

You could e.g. use a multi-meter to test between the metal and each of the wires in turn.

The other two wires I'd expect to be L and N, and probably for these lamp holders, it doesn't matter which way round they are.

Julesy · Nov 17, 2019

westward10 said:
Do any of the wires look any different to the others, like a colour trace. Is it a new fitting.

All identical to the eye...unfortunately...!!!
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SJD said:
I would expect one of these wires to be earth, connected to the metal frame - you need to positively identify which one this is, otherwise powering up the light could be dangerous.

You could e.g. use a multi-meter to test between the metal and each of the wires in turn.

The other two wires I'd expect to be L and N, and probably for these lamp holders, it doesn't matter which way round they are.

Great. Thanks. Will try the multi meter...Cheers

Julesy · Nov 18, 2019

westward10 said:
Do any of the wires look any different to the others, like a colour trace. Is it a new fitting.

All the same unfortunately....

Laffar · Nov 19, 2019

Normally on led lights it has 2 small white or black wires. One is live the other neutral. As for putting a plug on the end I'm pritty sure that you would need to put in some transformer as for example I imagine rigging a 12v light to 240v plug I can't see the light working very long without the 12v transformer. Some lights have the transformers built in but you would have to check that. I ain't really an electrician tho I just have a dabble. Hope it helps