I am replacing an old ceiling rose/pendant light with a new fitting with angled spotlights. It's on a landing and on a two-way switch. The terminals of the old ceiling rose were large enough to take three wires twisted together; then a single wire from each terminal led to the lamp itself.
The new light fits directly to the ceiling so doesn't have a separate rose as such. The problem I have is that although the single switched live will fit into the relevant terminal, the three neutrals twisted together are too big to fit. What is the correct procedure here? Should I make the connections in a separate junction box or connector blocks and then run single wires into the light fitting itself?
To check everything is working correctly I shortened two of the wires before retwisting and taping them, leaving one longer which fits into the terminal. All works fine but I get the feeling this is not an optimal method (!) so I want to do it properly...
The new light fits directly to the ceiling so doesn't have a separate rose as such. The problem I have is that although the single switched live will fit into the relevant terminal, the three neutrals twisted together are too big to fit. What is the correct procedure here? Should I make the connections in a separate junction box or connector blocks and then run single wires into the light fitting itself?
To check everything is working correctly I shortened two of the wires before retwisting and taping them, leaving one longer which fits into the terminal. All works fine but I get the feeling this is not an optimal method (!) so I want to do it properly...