Downlights

[greymare]

I have just bought a second hand wooden fire surround that is fitted with 2 downlights under the mantel. There are no fittings to connect to the electrics. Can i buy the neccesary fittings so that i can plug the lights in?
Thanks

 

[riveralt]

Not sure what you mean by fittings! Do you mean cable?
If the down lights are 230v then you could wire them to a 3 Amp rated plug and use a socket as your power source.
If the downlights are 12v then you will need a suitable tranformer before or as part of the plug.

 

[Steve]

Just buy two new downlight fittings (measure the ones already in and match their physical size to avoid having to cut anything out), preferably LED ones - they only use a couple of watts each, and you can use cheap ones because the light quality wont be terribly important as they arent lighting the room. Fit a plastic adaptable box to the back of the surround, with 3 glands for the split to the two lights and the plug.