How to test a ceiling lights with a plug socket

[sparksburnout]

Will never work,
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Just realised that picture is quite apt for this post. They look like a pair of old bollux.

 

[Spoon]

Just realised that picture is quite apt for this post. They look like a pair of old bollux.

If your danglies look like that then I'd go and see a doctor....

 

[alitech]

Just out of curiosity, who 'created' this for you? Where they an electrician? Did you pay for the light?

It was a custom light that was created for me. Bought on etsy. Designer pendant light. Takes G9 bulbs and fits on a ceiling rose. Has a coloured cable.

 

[Spoon]

Have you got it working yet mate?

 

[Taylortwocities]

You need a two probe voltage tester, or a multimeter to test this and find out where the fault is.
Do you have a multimeter? If not, get yourself down to Maplin before it closes. There will be some going cheap..

 

[Adam W]

This is why we need a picture - for all we know OP could have put a rubber bath plug on the end of the flex and a flowering garden bulb in the fitting

 

[Spoon]

This is why we need a picture - for all we know OP could have put a rubber bath plug on the end of the flex and a flowering garden bulb in the fitting

Now that would be a pretty picture.

 

[pirate]

Too late for Maplin...
I'm sad about that...you could get all sorts of stuff there...

 

[Adam W]

Too late for Maplin...
I'm sad about that...you could get all sorts of stuff there...

I'm still hoping someone will come along and bail them out - there's nowhere else like Maplin on the high street where you can buy the sort of stuff they sold.

 

[Adam W]

What kind of transformer have you got in this light?

... I mean this kind of transformer:

... Not this kind of transformer:

 

[telectrix]

I'm still hoping someone will come along and bail them out - there's nowhere else like Maplin on the high street where you can buy the sort of stuff they sold.

went in maplin's a couple of years ago. a 2.0AH alarm battery, usually about a tenner in wholesaler's... maplins price £39. 95. now that is taking the pi$$. no wonder they've gone bust.

 

[7029 dave]

I went to Maplin's some time back, was stuck for some 2.5mm t&e clips white, got me out of the plop.

 

[telectrix]

and a 5p fuse stuck in a sealed bag 75p.

 

[Adam W]

and Ryanair charge 2 and a half euros for a small tub of pringles, but when you're a little bit peckish and stuck in a metal tube at 30,000' what are you going to do?

 

[Dave OCD]

I went to Maplin's some time back, was stuck for some 2.5mm t&e clips white, got me out of the plop.

Still got some white 2.5, red and black cores Dave ?

 

[pirate]

I have!

 

[Pete999]

and Ryanair charge 2 and a half euros for a small tub of pringles, but when you're a little bit peckish and stuck in a metal tube at 30,000' what are you going to do?

Answer: take your own, bought from Tesco before the flight, been there Mate, know where you are coming from.

 

[Adam W]

Answer: take your own, bought from Tesco before the flight, been there Mate, know where you are coming from.

Personally I don't get the obsession with having to eat on a short haul flight (unless you have a medical condition of course) - worst case scenario you can eat at the airport, wait a couple of hours then eat at your destination airport. Maybe have a beer on the plane just because you can, but the point is your small can of beer costs 4 quid because they've got you by the short and curlies - it's not like you can nip out to the shop.

Same with Maplin - if you need a couple of resistors in a hurry, you need a fuse at 3pm on a Sunday, or a couple of metres of equipment wire, then you pay extra for the convenience. They might not be quite as bad as RS but Maplin's prices are pretty exorbitant; it is however reassuring to have them there if ever I need them.

 

[pirate]

My take on the flight eating/drinking thing is that when I fly, say, Ryanair, it's usually on my own, off-season from Edinburgh to Barcelona...with a return fare of £60 (£45 last time) I feel quite happy to buy a beverage or two...Can't get a return taxi to Glasgow for that from my house! (8 miles away)

 

[alitech]

Hi guys

Please see how I wired the plug to get the light to work with a plug socket. It doesnt work, what am I doing wrong?

Please be gentle.

Ali