i wish to wire in 9 downlights and want to know if i can wire directly into the ceiling rose, ie using the terminals for the old light?
wiring downlights
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Just use some cotton string, make sure you keep it damp though 
Nice, specific question that's easy to answer accurately btw...
Nice, specific question that's easy to answer accurately btw...
Safest way to wire downlights is not to wire 'em.
So, flex then, 13 amp plugtop on the end?
hehe, play nicely boys....
To the original OP, wiring downlighters is often a pain, and you will not want to wire all 9 back to the original ceiling rose!
However, if you are leaving the ceiling rose in place, you can take a cable from the switched terminals to the first downlighter, from there to the second, and so on.
Normally downlighters are installed to replace existing fittings, but if you lose the ceiling rose you cannot just push the terminals up in the ceiling and fill in the hole. They have to be accessible. That can be achieved by putting a downlight at the original ceiling rose and making sure the terminals are in an enclosure that can be retrieved through the hole in future (such as this), or be rerouting the cable(s) at the ceiling rose to the new location of one of the downlights.
To give any sort of accurate reponse a more detailed description of the job (photos are always nice!) would be needed
Hope that helps a little.
To the original OP, wiring downlighters is often a pain, and you will not want to wire all 9 back to the original ceiling rose!
However, if you are leaving the ceiling rose in place, you can take a cable from the switched terminals to the first downlighter, from there to the second, and so on.
Normally downlighters are installed to replace existing fittings, but if you lose the ceiling rose you cannot just push the terminals up in the ceiling and fill in the hole. They have to be accessible. That can be achieved by putting a downlight at the original ceiling rose and making sure the terminals are in an enclosure that can be retrieved through the hole in future (such as this), or be rerouting the cable(s) at the ceiling rose to the new location of one of the downlights.
To give any sort of accurate reponse a more detailed description of the job (photos are always nice!) would be needed
Hope that helps a little.
Unfortunately, ceiling roses tend to be installed on joists or are sitting on a noggin. The means that you usually cant put a recessed downlight where the old pendant was.
Best solution is to site the first downlight near to the existing ceiling rose location (avoiding other joists and complying to the makers recommendations re distances from surfaces etc).
With a bit of luck the wiring wil be long enough to allow you to re-route the wiring to the new location. You'll have a hole to fill, of course.
Fitting nice fluorescent tube would save you all this trouble
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