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Wires showing at top of ceiling light fitting
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Not very nice. Those blue and brown wires should be hooked around clips within the ceiling rose, and short enough that none of the blue/brown (only the white sheathing) can be seen from below. As things are, it's quite probable that they are not 'hooked' and therefore the weight of the bulb/lamp will be trying to tug the end of the wires out of their terminals.
Assuming you are comfortable to do it, with the power turned off (at the consumer unit, not just the light switch), the cover of that rose should just screw off, to reveal what is happening inside.
Kind regards, John
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Thanks. I'll take a proper look in the daytime tomorrow
Am I best taking the light shade off in the meantime? Fwiw, it replaced a heavier shade which I'd guess was there for years...
Am I best taking the light shade off in the meantime? Fwiw, it replaced a heavier shade which I'd guess was there for years...
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If you have a cable tie, put it round the end of the white flex sheaving above the white cup,
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I don't have a cable tie. Might have masking tape somewhere...
Sometimes in stripping the outer of the flex, the outer is stretched - once the job is complete, the outer can then make its way back down the cores, leaving them exposed as in your photo. The fix is to simply shorten the cores back a bit and reconnect. Check first that the cores (blue and brown) are located on the strain relief hooks as suggested above.
Masking tape will eventually let go and is not intended to be used around or near live connections.
Masking tape will eventually let go and is not intended to be used around or near live connections.
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Thanks. I can switch off the power at the fuse box then unscrew the rose. Doing this (and, if needs-be, hooking the cores) is ok to do without any special kit?
Yes you will be fine. The rose covers can sometimes be stuck, tapping gently with something soft like a piece of wood or a soft mallet will help free it.
If the white outer has shrunk back along the cores, you will need a small terminal screwdriver, some means to cut and strip the wires.
Probably nothing to do with cord grips not being used. I frequently see this where lampshades of a ludicrous weight have been used.
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That is because they have been broken, see where it says 'cord grip' and the broken edge?
Your options are fit a new ceiling rose, or botch it as suggested earlier by tightly fitting a tiewrap around the flex to take the weight.
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Thanks - well spotted! So i'd wrap a cable tie around the brown and blue wires to help take the weight?
Any downsides with doing this? I think I'd struggle to replace the fitting myself, but just likely to be £40-ish to get a local electrician in...
Any downsides with doing this? I think I'd struggle to replace the fitting myself, but just likely to be £40-ish to get a local electrician in...
No, around the white bit.
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Thanks - so use the cable tie to secure the white flex to part of the fitting above?
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