A basic lighting question

keith.baker · 2006-05-04T15:48:29+00:00

I have a loop-in lighting system and have recently had an extensionwith lots of new rooms to decorate and add decent lights to. Thebuilders just installed basic ceiling roses with the plastic 8 slotconnectors plus metal earth connector.I've ascertained how to wire up the new light fittings using connectorsso that I'm left with just the single Live and Neutral wires (plus theearths). However, because there are up to 5 cables involved, there aretoo many wires to fit into single connectors. I think I'm right insaying that I could daisy-chain these connectors until I'm left with 1wire for each - but I decided instead to remove the plastic connectorstrip from the rose and re-use it as well as the separate metalconnector block from the rose for the earths.I would have liked to have pushed this connector strip up above theceiling plasterboard, as well as the earth connector, but the hole inthe ceiling is not big enough. Rather than make a bigger hole, I leftthese connectors below the ceiling and fitted them inside the recess ofthe light fitting. I did insulate all connections with electrical tape.Is what I have done acceptable, dangerous or somewhere in between? Inthis particular case, the light fitting didn't have a transformer init, but I do have other lights to put up which do have one - should Ibe more careful in this case about leaving the connectors inside thelight fitting?I'm a newcomer to fitting lights with a loop-in system - so please begentle - although I did talk through what I was doing with someone withelectrical knowledge.

May 04, 2006 21 Replies

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meow2222 20 years ago

I didnt count the flex as a cable.

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keith.baker 20 years ago

Would it be safe to follow this method but use a plastic choc box to contain the terminal block from the rose, and fix this to the joist?

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