Shortening a Lighting Cable

[OldJavaBob]

Hi,

I am installing a new pendant light. It came as a ceiling fitting with cord and light fitting, and a light shade. The cord needs to be shortened and the instructions suggest the excess cord should be pulled through and stored in the ceiling fitting. I will use a 9W LED bulb so the current will be very small, but I am a bit concerned about having wound up cable in the ceiling fitment. Do I need to be?

TIA

Bob

 

[brianmoooore]

There will be absolutely no issues with the wound up cable in terms of overheating, if that's what you're concerned about. Sounds a bit odd, but if that's what the instructions suggest, I assume the design makes it possible.

 

[OldJavaBob]

Thanks for allaying my fears. There is quite a bit of space in the ceiling fitting. The connection in the terminal block has heat shrunk insulation round it and that would be hard to replicate if I cut the cable. Whether it is necessary is another matter.

Bob