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Fitting Ceiling Light

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  • 27-09-2009 5:45pm
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    mickger
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    I was trying to replace a 30 year old rose fitting in my ceiling so i could fit a new light shade. The wires coming from the ceiling now have no colours so i don't know which is live or neutral. I have 3 wires, one wire on its own and the other two were going into the same hole on the old fitting. Would i be right in assuming that the two wires together would be the live ones?
    Also it states on the install instructions for the new shade that i need an earth wire but i have none available. Is this really important as the previous rose did'nt have one? Any help would be great, tia


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    Davy
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    The two wires together are probably the neutral, and the single is the feed from the switch. If you had a voltmeter you could check. For a standard ceiling rose light it wont really make a difference, its not polarity sensitive.


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    mickger
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    Davy wrote: »
    Electrical forum

    The two wires together are probably the neutral, and the single is the feed from the switch. If you had a voltmeter you could check. For a standard ceiling rose light it wont really make a difference, its not polarity sensitive.

    On the installation manual they are calling for an earth wire, do i really need this as i don't have one available???


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    Davy
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    mickger wrote: »
    On the installation manual they are calling for an earth wire, do i really need this as i don't have one available???

    For a standard plastic ceiling rose i wouldn't be too worried about tbh, if it was a hanging metal fitting it would be a lot more important.


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    mickger
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    The type i'm fitting is the Ebo ceiling light from b and q. I could'nt find it on there website but this one is the closet to what its like http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=ebo+ceiling+light&x=0&y=0


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    Davy
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    mickger wrote: »
    The type i'm fitting is the Ebo ceiling light from b and q. I could'nt find it on there website but this one is the closet to what its like http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=ebo+ceiling+light&x=0&y=0

    If the fitting has metal you should be putting an earth.


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    mickger
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    Davy wrote: »
    If the fitting has metal you should be putting an earth.

    The fitting itself is plastic but there are metal pieces in the dome. Would i need to find an earth somewhere in the attic and run it to the fitting as there is no earth available at the fitting at the moment?


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