Light Fitting Wiring

Jul 08, 2014 9 Replies

I have to fit a new light fitting in my daughters bathroom. She has bought a light fitting suitable for bathrooms with an enclosed box containing the wiring connections for L,N and E. The existing rose has



3 wires (2 x circuit and switch) screwed into connections on a back plate into which the bulb holder wires also are attached. Could anyone advise whether the way to proceed is:


  1. Go into the loft and fit a junction box connecting all the wires with a single flex going down into the bathroom to which the new fitting is wired.



or 2. Remove the cover of the old rose but leave the backplate in which case the new fitting (approx 4" by 6") has enough depth to be fitted over the back plate and could be connected directly to it. This option would be less work and would not involve moving loads of stuff in the roof. Would it be acceptable?



Thanks for any advice



Pete.


I have chosen option 2 MANY times over the years :-)

And keep the cover of the rose safe for when she changes her mind again ...

Owain

Is that allowable in bathrooms now?

Jonathan

Pendants aren't - and I think have been deprecated since the '30s - but some battenholders have ceiling-rose-like backplates

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I think women are still allowed to change their minds though, in any room in the house.

Owain

Mine is just a simple lampholder in the middle of a holder for a bc bulb, Those newer smaller low energy bulbs fit and the glass cover just goes over the top and its all hidden in any case. at least now its no longer cooking th socket. Brian

Indeed. And there is nothing wrong with doing that.

I wish they would change it for one that works properly.

Then they'd be dangerous ...

Owain

Very many thanks to all who replied

Pete.

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