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I’d heard those socket converters were not rated to the same power rating as standard 2G sockets. Perhaps I’m mistaken?

Hi everyone. Following on from my successful installation of an IKEA light unit in place of a pendant and ceiling rose I am now turning my attention to the room sockets. We have only two single sockets and since the room will be used as our study I want to upgrade these to doubles. I asked wife...

Most likely! But you’ve all been so helpful that I won’t have any issues coming back for more guidance.

Yes indeed! My next electrical DIY task will be to replace single sockets with doubles in the same room.

Ok, update for you all. I had a go at wiring the light this evening, and it’s working perfectly! It was a bit fiddly getting all the wires lined up and into the Wago connectors but I got there in the end.

If you look at one of my previous replies I shared a link to the ones I bought from Amazon. By the way, don’t hijack other threads, post your own question!

Ok, thanks for that. I’ll use a 5 way then!

Ok so I have bought a set of Wago connectors and some 3 core flex. I’ll follow Adam_151’s suggestion and see how I get on.

I ended up just buying a set of these: Wago 2 Port (10) 3 Port (10) 5 Port (5) 221 Splicing Connector, Lever-Nut Assortment Pocket Pack for All Wire 12-24 AWG https://amzn.eu/d/2Vsebtq Unfortunately they don’t have any 4 port connectors but I can either use a 5 port or put 2 wires in one port...

Like what?

Anybody know of anywhere that sells Wago connectors individually? Screwfix only do packs of say 50 or 100 and Amazon do minimum packs of 10. I’m replacing a light fitting, and all I need is 1x 2 core connector, 2x 4 core connectors and 1x 5 core connector. I don’t need a big pack of them and...

Thanks, another possibility.

Thanks for that. What you’re proposing sounds a lot easier. What diameter of 3 core flex will be needed? I was reading online that 1 to 1.5mm is needed for lighting.

Thanks for this. I will look into those connectors. As for your second point, would that still be compliant with legislation? M

Ok that’s interesting. Hadn’t considered that. The housing is 13cm diameter so it might actually work!

See the attached photo for the inside of new fitting. The thing is 13cm so I might be able to squeeze in some connectors if they are small enough.

Access from above won’t be possible unfortunately. As regards what the new light looks like, see attached photos. The metal fitting is 13cm diameter and screws onto a bracket which screws into the ceiling. It might hide a hole, depending on how big the junction box is but I don’t particularly...

Hi everyone, My wife and I recently got a room redecorated and she has asked me about fitting a set of spotlights we got from IKEA. When we moved into the house we discovered that the room in question had a god awful looking round fluorescent light thing that was bright enough to light the dark...