Simple (hopefully) lightning query

[Dys89]

Hi all

Thanks for your patience and time to answer this query

I've just moved into a new build flat and have grown bored of the dangly pendant lights.

Have managed to change 5 out of 6 but the last one is causing me a few concerns

Ceiling and new fitting images attached.

Am i able to put more than one wire into one side of connecting block? I've read about live/ switch live but don't know how or whether i need to distinguish anything

Thanks for your help

 

[EFLImpudence]

Am i able to put more than one wire into one side of connecting block?

Yes, of course.

I've read about live/ switch live but don't know how or whether i need to distinguish anything

It looks like a standard wiring method but of course - it may not be.

Is there only one light operated by the switch for the light in the picture?

What were the other five like that caused you no concern?

 

[Dys89]

Thank you for the reply EFL.

It is just the two lots of wires coming into this one rather than one (as the case in the others) which has caused the uncertainty.

Two switches operate both lights. one switch each end of the hall so both are on or both are off.

Would i be ok to put both sets of cables from the ceiling into their respective slots on the fitting?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Two switches operate both lights. one switch each end of the hall so both are on or both are off.
Would i be ok to put both sets of cables from the ceiling into their respective slots on the fitting?

In view of what you say, then very likely, yes.

But first you must determine that one of the cables is the cable to the other light.

 

[Dys89]

Thanks again- what would be the best way to do that?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Do you have a multimeter?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Thanks again- what would be the best way to do that?

Don't want to be rude, but the best way would have been to take a photo of the wires before you had disconnected them!

As asked above, you need a multimeter, or a two-probe voltage tester. Do you have?

 

[JohnW2]

Do you have a multimeter?

Valid question - but do they work with lightning (see thread title)?

Apologies, but it is the weekend!!

Kind Regards, John

 

[EFLImpudence]

Yes, they explode - and then you know.

I did notice but did not want to criticise the OP.

 

[StudWall]

based on what you have said, it sounds like you have a 2 way switch which probably goes to some kind of junction box in the ceiling, from there you have the switched live, neutral and earth to the light, then the same back out to another light operated by the same switch(es)

i've always told a maximum of 2 cables on either side of the terminal block, if you want to reduce mess and your effort then some 3-way Wago blocks would allow you to run a single cable to the light