No earth connection

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I have bought a new ceiling light fitting and the cable I need to connect it to has Live, neutral and earth, but there seems to be nowhere in the light fitting to connect the earth cable and the instructions show only a live and neutral coming from the ceiling. Can anyone please give me some advice about what I should do with the earth cable?

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sandy969 said:
I have bought a new ceiling light fitting and the cable I need to connect it to has Live, neutral and earth, but there seems to be nowhere in the light fitting to connect the earth cable and the instructions show only a live and neutral coming from the ceiling. Can anyone please give me some advice about what I should do with the earth cable?
:confused:
Assuming there's nowhere neat to terminate the Earth cable (presumably there isn't a ceiling rose for example) then I would get a piece of choc-block and put it in there, wrap it in green&yellow insulating tape, and tuck it neatly out of the way. Do NOT cut it back - in future someone else may need it and will curse you and your descendents for ever...

Cheers,

Howard
 
Thanks very much, I'll do that and I'll definitely do my best to avoid the curse....

:D :D
 

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