Wiring chandelier

[Alison556]

I'm repurposing a chandelier acquired from my mother and of course, she can't find the fitting instructions.
There are three wires on the chandelier - all of them clear.
Will there be a particular order that they connect up to ceiling wiring or does it not really matter

 

[ETAF]

photos would help

 

[sparkwright]

Look closer, there may be a thin coloured line running through each one.

If not, you will need a continuity tester/multimeter...

In answer to your other question - IT DOES MATTER WHICH WAY YOU WIRE THIS, so please check with us or a qualified electrician FIRST.

 

[Tigercubrider]

And yes IT MATTERS

 

[Alison556]

 

[Alison556]

Don't worry, I won't be plugging myself into the National Grid. I don't see any coloured lines but I'll look again

 

[CBW]

One appears to have green running through, so perhaps that’s the earth? Any information from the writing? Is there a make/model sticker anywhere?

Hindsight is wonderful, but you could have taken a photo/made a note of the wiring before it was removed.

 

[Alison556]

My mum got it taken down nearly two years ago and it's been sitting in a box since then and we never thought of asking the spark to take a picture. It's Litecraft and this is the info on it

 

[ericmark]

The screw E14 bulb must have line centre and neutral outer in the UK, but easy enough with a meter or other means of belling out to work out which is connected to centre and which is connected to outer, a two minute job, but can't be done with pictures.

 

[Mottie]

The screw E14 bulb must have line centre and neutral outer in the UK….

Might even have a live centre…….

 

[Taylortwocities]

To be sure you will need a test meter or multimeter. I don’t suppose you have one?

 

[ericmark]

Might even have a live centre…….

It will be a live centre which ever way around it is wired, both line (also some times call the phase) and the neutral are both considered as live wires.

 

[bernardgreen]

It will be a live centre which ever way around it is wired, both line (also some times call the phase) and the neutral are both considered as live wires.

A DIYer with limited experience / knowledge of terminology would be confused to hear Neutral is a live conductor,

Hence when giving advice to the average DIY it better to use the pair Live and Neutral than to use the pair Line and Neutral and declaring both to be live conductors

 

[Taylortwocities]

A DIYer with limited experience / knowledge of terminology would be confused to hear Neutral is a live conductor,

Hence when giving advice to the average DIY it better to use the pair Live and Neutral than to use the pair Line and Neutral and declaring both to be live conductors

I agree. This forum does have (should have) a large DIY content.

 

[Risteard]

A DIYer with limited experience / knowledge of terminology would be confused to hear Neutral is a live conductor,

Hence when giving advice to the average DIY it better to use the pair Live and Neutral than to use the pair Line and Neutral and declaring both to be live conductors

I disagree. It's fundamentally inaccurate and actually contradicts the correct definition of "live".