Fitting a chandelier light fitting

[hedgehogqueen]

Electrical advice please, I am fitting a new light fitting, and seems easy enough, I assume I connect the live and neutral coming from ceiling to the corresponding wires in the junction box, but what I am not sure of is what to connect the earth wire to that is coming from the ceiling. Would be grateful of a bit of advice from any electricians out there. Thanks.

 

[ricicle]

Connect the earth from the supply cable to the terminal on the plate which already has the flex earth in it. I presume you only have one cable from the ceiling otherwise it will be a bit of a fiddle to get it all in !

 

[hedgehogqueen]

Do I just put both wires in the little hole and tighten the screw on the little plate, or do I twist them together first.

 

[ricicle]

Do not twist them !

 

[hedgehogqueen]

ok thanks I will just try and fit them both in then. Then just wire my black wire from ceiling in to junction box to join the blue and the red wire from ceiling in to my junction box to join the brown. That is it, seems easy enough

 

[Ahtyrrell]

I would remove the flex earth from the plate, put this into the middle of the connector block, put a small piece of earth wire from the connector same place in the block to the plate, the just connect your supply wires to the other side of the block

 

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[hedgehogqueen]

I would remove the flex earth from the plate, put this into the middle of the connector block, put a small piece of earth wire from the connector same place in the block to the plate, the just connect your supply wires to the other side of the block

This was another way i thought of, but was not sure which way was correct. Also is it safe to have two wires in one side of connector block.

 

[EFLImpudence]

You do have an earth green and yellow coming from the ceiling, don't you?

 

[hedgehogqueen]

You do have an earth green and yellow coming from the ceiling, don't you?

Yes I have just three ceiling wires, red, black and yellow/green.

 

[EFLImpudence]

That's fine then, just wasn't sure from reading the above.