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Plug in ceiling hanging pendent lights

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  • 23-05-2017 2:18pm
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    oxygen
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    Hi

    Ive been looking at something similar to whats linked below. Its a pendent light I would plug into the wall and hang from the ceiling. Its decorative only, would use one of those low wattage traditional style bulbs.

    http://www.urbancottageindustries.com/made-for-you/simple-lights

    By the time I have configured the type of light I want, (x2), its well over £100. Is this something I could wire myself? Say if I bought two standard wall plugs, a length of electrical cable, and then two bulb holders with two traditional style filament bulbs, can I wire the bulb holders to the sockets on the wall?

    thanks in advance,


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    wait4me
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    oxygen wrote: »
    http://www.urbancottageindustries.com/made-for-you/simple-lights

    Wow - the next time my wife asks me to wire a plug, I now know what to charge. Clever entrepreneur!

    OP - wiring a plug and a lamp holder is pretty easy to do. Just make sure that all wires are tightly screwed in - in particular for the lamp-holder which will have additional weight on it when you hang it with a bulb in it.


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    Post what kind of configuration you want. I guarantee that you can get 2 of what you want made up for less than a quarter of what that crowd are charging. Its very easily done. Just to add to the previous posters comment, make sure you fit a 3 amp fuse into the plugs instead of the standard 13 amp they come with.


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    oxygen
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    Hey guys

    Can I use 2 core electrical cable for this? Specifically this cable, its a good price, €2 for a meter!


    https://greenice.com/en/vintage-installation-accesories/6103-red-cable-2x0-75-by-the-metre-8435402564768.html

    Granted, without an earth cable I'm not sure how that would work when its plugged into the wall...

    thanks!


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    2011
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    oxygen wrote: »
    Hey guys

    Can I use 2 core electrical cable for this?

    Sometimes. It depends on what you are connecting to it. If the bulb holder and light switch are double insulated (100% plastic) they do not require an earth.


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    wait4me
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    oxygen wrote: »
    Hey guys

    Can I use 2 core electrical cable for this? Specifically this cable, its a good price, €2 for a meter!
    No luck finding anything locally? This site is Spanish AFAIK but shipping does not seem to be over expensive


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    oxygen
    Registered Users Posts: 852 ✭✭✭oxygen


    2011 wrote: »
    Sometimes. It depends on what you are connecting to it. If the bulb holder and light switch are double insulated (100% plastic) they do not require an earth.

    Yikes, most of the bulb holders Ive been looking at are covered by brass or metal. It will be plugged into a wall socket


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