Ceiling Light Wiring Block Safe?

[Klang180]

Hello

I am changing a ceiling light to a similar non-rose light and found the following wiring. My question is, is this safe enough for me to just wire up the new one or is that taped up block a little iffy?

Thanks so much for your time I just need some peace of mind!

Regards

 

[Iggifer]

Assuming it’s all enclosed in the light fitting and not pushed up into the ceiling it’s fine.

Wouldn’t hurt to remove the tape and check the screws are tight. You don’t necessarily need to put more tape on afterwards. The light fitting is acting as the enclosure

 

[Klang180]

Assuming it’s all enclosed in the light fitting and not pushed up into the ceiling it’s fine.

Wouldn’t hurt to remove the tape and check the screws are tight. You don’t necessarily need to put more tape on afterwards. The light fitting is acting as the enclosure

Thanks very much for this, I feel more assured that it was done properly in that case rather than a botch job by the last owner's. Will take the tape off and tighten the screws but no the wires stay housed in the actual housing of the light fitting.

Thanks again, think you might have saved me a bob or two there.

 

[333rocky333]

Make sure the power is off to the circuit to do that, not just by turning off the light switch

 

[Iggifer]

Yea what Rocky said too. Definitely should have mentioned that!

 

[Klang180]

Thanks guys, I did make sure it was off at the fuse box but well worth mentioning!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Looks like there's room to replace the 3-way bit of choc with 4-way, and thus avoid having any dangling bits - would surely make it easier to get it into the light fitting.

 

[Klang180]

Looks like there's room to replace the 3-way bit of choc with 4-way, and thus avoid having any dangling bits - would surely make it easier to get it into the light fitting.

Oh really, that sounds very useful but I am not entirely sure what is under that tape and how to connect it up to a 4 way box, which incidentally is what came with the light fitting (4 way box i mean).

 

[Klang180]

So i tried to mount it up but unfortunately the wiring block is right in the way of where the light fixture bit is. Does anyone know if it is safe to make a new drill holes about 2-3cm to the right of the existing holes? I don't want to hit any wires when drilling but assume these are going toward the light switch. There seems to be almost no wiggle room to move the box and wires and am not keen to wrestle the parts in there seen as we're dealing with electricity!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Oh really, that sounds very useful but I am not entirely sure what is under that tape

Something you remove or undo.

and how to connect it up to a 4 way box, which incidentally is what came with the light fitting (4 way box i mean).

So you have a 3-way strip in use, and a loose flappy bit, you replace the 3-way with a 4-way and you don't understand where to put the wires from the loose flappy bit?

 

[Klang180]

Something you remove or undo.



So you have a 3-way strip in use, and a loose flappy bit, you replace the 3-way with a 4-way and you don't understand where to put the wires from the loose flappy bit?

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Ok when you put it like that i guess it was a little stupid. So the wires from the loose box go into the 4th "hole" but do they all go in one side and if so why are they there if they are only ever going to go into a box and do nothing?

 

[EFLImpudence]

They are not doing nothing. They are connected together.

https://www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics:Lighting-Circuit-layouts

 

[Klang180]

They are not doing nothing. They are connected together.

https://www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics:Lighting-Circuit-layouts

Thanks very much for this. I will have to get my head around it. It seems that it is the second option but that the junction box is right next to the light rather than somewhere else in the diagram, which makes sense as the diagram is just for clarity. Apologies, i am not an electrical natural.

 

[Klang180]

Does anyone see any issues with drilling new holes for the mounting bracket, will i hit wires?

Having said that maybe i won't have to if i put it all neatly in one box as suggested.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The mounting bracket is already screwed to the ceiling...